The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
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The Toes Lay Re Trained to Servo
CO Fingers.

Various ''rrpascs to which They Are
spmetnnea Ap..Iied-somotaing About
tao Feet of the Di4Icrent
Nations.
+, II is astonishing to what uses the feet
and toes could be put if necessity aro1e
for a full development OF their powers
There is a way of educating the foot, MS
well as the hand or the eye, and there -
no telling what an educated foot can be
made to do. In the time OF ALEXANDER
saws the st. Louis Globc-Democrat, the
great warriors were taught to draw
their bows with their feet, as well as
their hands, and this is done at the
present time by the Rock Veddahs, OF
Ceylon.
Nearly all aborigines can turn their
toes not only to good but to bad ac-
counts. This is especially true OF the
natives of Australia, who while they
are cunningly diverting your attention
with their hands, arc busily engaged
committing robberics with their toes,
with which they pick up small articles
as an elephant would with his trunk.
So, also, the lIindoo makes his toes
work at the loom, using them in his
weaving operations with almost as
much dexterity as he does his fingers.
The Chinese carpenter when he Is
planning piece of wood always holds 1t
with his feet. He also turns grind
stone ana does many other kinds OF
work in the same manner.
M II ALL Ia, fn M
canoemen on the West African coast,
will impcl their light canoes with great
velocity over the waves, and at the
same time use the feet to bail out the
water that happens to be dashed over
the sides of the light craft. Ii from
any cause Banalia breaks or loses his
oars he throws his legs over the sides OF
the boat and propels it almost as fast
with his feet as he could with the pad
dies.
NJ. Ducornet, who died in France in
1862, was born without arms or hands.
He had the eye of an artist, and not
withstanding his great misfortune actu'
ally studied painting and exhibited
many fine productions wholly executed
with his toes.
The feet of Thomas Roberts, the arm
less huntsman, once in the employ OF
Sir George Barlow, were made to serve
in the place of hands. Roberts manu-
featured most of the instruments which
he used while on the chase and coult
shoot or throw with as much precision
as the average hunter in possession o
both arms and hands.
The same may be said Of William
Kinstone, an Englishman who kept hi
own accounts, shaved and dressed him
self, saddled and bridled his horse
threw sledge hammers and did othe
seemingly impossible things with hi
toes.
AS to national characteristics in feet
It may be said that the French foot
narrow and long; the Spanish foot i
small and elegantly curved-thanSs t
its Moorish blood--corresponding to tn
Castilian's pride of being "high in tn
instep."
The Arabs foot Is proverbial for il
high arch. The Koran says that
stream of water can run under the trr
Arabs foot without touching 1t, TT
foot of the Scotch is high and thic'
that of the Irish flat and square; Il
English short and fleshy.
When Athens was in her zenith Il
Greek foot was the most perfect
formed and exactly proportioned of tn
of any of the human race, Swede
Norwegians and Germans have t
largest feet; Americans the smalle:
Russian toes are 'webbed" to the fiji
joint; Tartarian toes are oil the sar
length.