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Gallic axes, which cut wood as if they had been 

 of steel *. Every where in the Old Continent, 

 at the beginning of the civilization of nations, 

 the use of copper mixed with tin (x^Km) pre- 

 vailed over that of iron, even in places where 

 the latter had been for a long time known. 



* See my Political Essay on New Spain, vol. 3, p. 306, 

 edition in 8vo, 



