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weapons are poifoned arrows, and a lance 
with a long iron point, but different from the 
affagay of the Hottentots. In battle their de- 
fenfive armour confifts of two bucklers; the one 
pf a fize fufEcient to cover the whole body of 
the cornbatant ; the other much fmaller. They 
are both made of Ikins exceedingly thick, and 
proof againft arrows. 
The latter, which is of a round figure, and 
from twelve to fifteen inches in breadth, is 
borne on the lower part of the arm during the 
time of aftion ; but, when it becomes ulelefs, 
they remove it above the elbow towards the 
fhoulder. It is ornamented with a copper ring 
placed round its circumference, and with feve- 
xal rows of beads difplayed over its furface, 
forming compartments according to the whim 
of the owner, and dlftinguiflied by fuch colours 
as are mpfl agreeable to his tafte. 
By means of this variety, the buckler of each 
is different, and has no refemblance to that of 
another ; and as the individuals of a tribe 
know one another by their mode of tattooing, 
they can diftinguifh each other alfo by the 
Planner in w^hich they blazon their flilelds. 
The courage which the Kaboblquas difplay 
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