Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 301
recastle ofthe vessel. For hand-to-hand conflict, when the enemywas boarded, the men were always providedwith pikes, spears, javelins, and battle-axes;all fighters wore heavy helmets of bronze andcoats of mail, and they carried wooden shieldscovered with thick, tough bulls hide. A very large fleet,… … GALLEYS IN ACTION. carry their dominion still farther. Some timeafterward, also, large conquests were made bythe Egyptian navy in the reign of Thothmes III,who lived about fifteen hundred years beforethe birth of Christ. This Thothmes III, sogreat was his ambition and success, has beencalled an…
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