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Page 214
... Weapons . - The simplest form of a weapon is a stick ; a heavy stick is a club . The club with a knob becomes a mace ; the swell- ing end sharpened on one edge is an axe . Point the stick and it is a spear ; if light , it is a javelin ...
... Weapons . - The simplest form of a weapon is a stick ; a heavy stick is a club . The club with a knob becomes a mace ; the swell- ing end sharpened on one edge is an axe . Point the stick and it is a spear ; if light , it is a javelin ...
Page 228
... weapon . It must also be remarked that the distinction between the play weapon and the war weapon is clearly drawn in the mind of the native , though the back - return boomerang cannot always be distin- guished from the war boomerang by ...
... weapon . It must also be remarked that the distinction between the play weapon and the war weapon is clearly drawn in the mind of the native , though the back - return boomerang cannot always be distin- guished from the war boomerang by ...
Page 262
... weapon as of old did the Toledo or Ferrara workmen . The blade is generally waving , and its grain is more marked than in any other weapon , as much so in fact as the Damascus gun - barrel , and for the same reason , as it is made of ...
... weapon as of old did the Toledo or Ferrara workmen . The blade is generally waving , and its grain is more marked than in any other weapon , as much so in fact as the Damascus gun - barrel , and for the same reason , as it is made of ...
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