nto a rather extensive medical and surgical practice. One man came off to have some wounds on his shoulders patched up ; he had been fighting a duel, and I never saw any one more terribly mauled than he was. The mode of fighting here is rather a good one, as it seldom endangers life : instead of… … Knife worn by the people of Souakin. much crooked as to render it difficult to inflict a severe wound with it. Armed with these weapons the com- batants stand opposite to each other, stripped to the waist, and hack away over one another's shoulders, till one, tired of the fun, fainting from loss of…
Ethiopia -- Description and travel
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