The Albert N'yanza : great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources (1866)
Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893, author · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 258
FIGHTING BRACELETS. [ CHAP. V. The Latookas have neither bows nor arrows, their | 5 consisting of the | ance, a powerful iron-headed weapon C mace, a long-bladed knife or sword, and an ugly iron bracelet, armed with knife-blades about four inches … COMMORO RUNNING TO THE FIGHT, the latter is used to long by half an inch broad : strike with if disarmed, and to tear with when wrestling with an enemy. Their shields are either of buffaloes’ hide or of giraffes’, the latter being highly prized as
Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 -- Travel -- Nile River Valley · Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration · Sudan -- Description and travel · Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda) -- Description and travel
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