surrounding the ankle, but leaving the toes exposed. 

 These, like the buskins, were also made in the form of 

 a boot or high shoe which laced in front and surrounded 

 the calf of the leg. 



The shoes and the sandals of the Assyrians were 

 of much the same type as those worn by the Hebrews. 

 On the sculptures they are represented as surrounding 

 the foot completely, reaching to the knee and fastening 

 in front with lacing. This type of shoe was also com- 

 mon among the Persians, and sandals of various kinds 

 were also worn; but the lower classes of all these na- 

 tions undoubtedly wore no shoes at all, or at most rude 

 sandals at certain seasons of the year. 



The Greeks, when they protected their feet at all, 

 wore a form of sandal laced about the foot and ankle; 

 and the Romans wore sandals and low shoes, some of 

 them with very thick soles, but having no heels. 



The barbarian tribes in northern countries wore 

 moccasins and leggings very similar to those of the 

 American Indians. Certain nations, as the Franks, 

 carried the analogy to the Indian still further in their 

 weapons and in some of their customs. For the 

 Frankish soldier not only carried a tomahawk closely 

 resembling that of the redskin, but was skilled in 

 throwing it. These barbarians also scalped their 

 victims in true Indian fashion. 



Among such Oriental nations as the Chinese there 

 has been little change in the kind of foot-wear used 

 for thousands of years. The thick soled, heelless slip- 

 per, with the sole beveled at the point, was worn in 

 antiquity just as it is worn to-day. 



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