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of silver ornamented with golden bosses. It was really 

 made of a mixture of metals — principally tin, decorated 



A KILBA GIRL NEAR YOLA 



with brass knobs. Round the chests and flanks the horses 

 wore padded surcoats, so thick that no arrow could pierce 

 them. With them marched a company of fifty spearmen 

 and a band, consisting of some drums and reed instruments, 

 which in the distance I took to be bagpipes. The spears 



