How? or, Spare hours made profitable for boys and girls (1887)
Holbrook, Kennedy · New York, Worthington co. · leaf 48
are, and were very skil-fully thrown, not only by the Roman soldiers, but by theGoths and other savage tribes who lived in the regionsnorth of them. These javelins were large affairs, measuring some six orseven feet in length ; the handle, a tough piece of wood,was generally four and one-half feet… … have made toy implements, resembling those in generalappearance, but varying much in size and materials used. The little dart described below is perhapsthe tiniest and least formidable of them all;but even this should not be carelessly tossedabout the room in which others are playing ;when,…
Handicraft · Amusements
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