When were locks first used?
As soon as men began to live in houses, they devised ways and means of fastening their
doors to keep out intruders. They used lather thongs and primitive bolts, for locks in the
modern mechanical sense did not come into being until the ancient Egypt. Egyptian locks
consisted of moveable wooden pins. Or tumblers, Key consist which dropped into holes
cut in a bolt? The key consisted to a long pieced of wood with raised pegs on one end.
When the key was inserted the pegs raised the tumblers so the bolt cools be withdrawn.
In the lock –up
You will still hear people, especially in the districts; refer to the local police station as the
Lockup. The name has been handed down from generation to generation, until gradually
replaced by police stations. Lock ups were found in nearly every town and village, and
some were still used as late as.
Into the lockup were put drunkards, debaters, and others malefactors until brought befor
the local magistrate. But sometimes, the lockup was used for others purposes.
In 1832, Briten was struck by a plague of Asiaticcholera, which is very infectious, and
tens of thousands of people died. Victims of the plague were put into the lockup at waver
tree when it was too late at night to make other arrangements for their isolation and
treatment. In the morning, those that had died were removed for burial.
Why are people tracking the abominable snowman?
In the Himalayan Mountains, local legends describe a creature that has been named the
claim yeti, or the Abominable snowman. People who claim to have seen him say he is
a hairy beast with a large ape-like body and a near –human face. He is said to be about
8 feet tall, with long brown hair hanging over his eyes and covering his body down to
his feet. He walks on thick legs, and his long arms reach to his knees. His 14 –inch-long
footprints have been seen on the 13,000 feet high mountains for more than eighty years,
but none of the many scientists searching for him have found any proof that the creature
really exists. However, if this half-human, half –animal creature is ever found, he might
provide scientists with a missing link in the development of the early man.
Several interesting theories have been tried to explain the origin of the Abominable
Snowman. One claims that he is a descendant of the Gigantopicus, a giant ape that lived
in the Himalayas 500,000 years ago. Another theory claims that he is a survivor of an
ancient tribe called the A-O-re, a tribe of people who had been persecuted and had fled
to the mountains for safety. Here, they developed into a giant race. But until a real live
abominable snowman is actually sighted or captured, who or what he is will have to
remain a mystery.
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