Notes Chapter III
| 1. | Bows have been made, consisting of three, four, and sometimes five pieces; but it would appear that none are better than those formed of two. |
| 2. | Sometimes in old manuscripts spelt nicks, and fist-mele called handful. |
| 3. | Roberts. |
| 4. | Brady's "Clavis Calendaria." |
| 5. | English Bowman, 1790. |
| 6. | The feathers of the gander are for the most part white; and those of the goose, black or grey." "In the choice of a feather, fletchers prefer those which are dropped to those which are plucked." Roberts's English Bowman |
| 7. | Moseley's Essay. |
| 8. | Cyr. Inst. Iib. i. |
| 9. | Æschylus, Ag. v. u. 637 |
| 10. | Moseley. |
| 11. | Hastings' British Archer. |