This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... without the inconvenience resulting from the metal in so hot a climate.5 Some of them descended to the shoulder,6 others only a short distance below the level of the ear;7 and the summit, terminating in an obtuse point, was 1 Woodcut No. 6, fig. 3. worn even in the far hotter climates of 2 i.t 'tonrne, ' in Arabic. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... without the inconvenience resulting from the metal in so hot a climate.5 Some of them descended to the shoulder,6 others only a short distance below the level of the ear;7 and the summit, terminating in an obtuse point, was 1 Woodcut No. 6, fig. 3. worn even in the far hotter climates of 2 i.t 'tonrne, ' in Arabic. Darfoor and Kordofan. The helmet of the 8 A long knife, or straight sword, worn Pharaoh was called khepemh; the other in the girdle, and called gembeeh, ' side-soldiers wore no helmet, only a skull cap, arm, ' bv the Arabs. namms, or quilted cap.--S. B. Herod, ii. 151. 6 Woodcut No. 52, figs. 1 and 3. 6 This alone would not be a sufficient 1 Figs. 5, 6, 7. objection, since metal helmets arc still not appear a formidable arm, 1 yet the experience of modern times bears ample testimony to its efficacy in close com 3 bat. To the Bisharieen it supplies the place of a sword; with this, their spear, and ornamented with two tassels.1 They were of a green, red, or black color; and the long helmet, which fitted less closely to the back of the head, was fringed at the lower edge with a broad border,2 and in some instances consisted of two parts, or an upper and under fold.3 Another, worn also by the spearmen and many corps of infantry and charioteers, varied slightly from these, though very similar in many respects, being quilted, and descending to the shoulder with a fringe; but it had no tassels, and fitting close to the top of the head, it widened towards the base--the front, which covered the forehead, being made of a separate piece4 attached to the other part. If there is no representation of an Egyptian helmet with a crest, we are less surprised, since even the ancient Greeks did not always adopt it,5 but that of the Shairetana, once enemies and a...
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