O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 40
have been much the same ^as ours. Later, as thecontests at the o-reat na-tional games of Greecebecame fiercely earnest,the hands and arms were surrounded with thongs of leather, at first reach-ing to the wrists, like our hard gloves, thencarried up to the elbow, and afterward extendingup to the… … ■^((^(VJ )\ RAW-HIDE CESTUS FROMHERCULANEITM. 16 ETHICS OF BOXING AND MANLY SPORT. A tremendous cestus, found in Herculaneum,was composed of several thicknesses of rawhide fastened together and rounded on theedge. Holes were cut through for the fingers,and the thumb overhipped the side. It is…
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