Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 149
his only weapon wasa staff about as long and as thick as an ordinary 13° SOME ORIENTAL SPORTS THAT I SAW. [DeceJ yard-stick, while his opponents had short swords to among the gymnasts of our own country. InciJ use against him. But by his dexterity in parrying it is hard to conceive of gymnastic… … THE PERFORMANCE ON THE SPEAR-POINTS. (DRAWN BY A SIAMESE ARTIST.) and turning a somersault backward, he succeededin disarming several, and driving all from thestage. You may judge that after witnessing these ex-ploits, we had to admit to the king that we hadnever seen the equals of these Siamese…
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