( 407 ) 
a great many of the Ro»taf/s .hiving m^dQ themfelves 
^^Jiers of this Method of Fighting that they might 
like the Numiddans fwho were fumous for it) be the 
lefs incumber'd in the Battle^ and rulh upon the £//e-" 
n/y with the 'more Force. Their Defaltcres alfo are 
Proof enough of it’s being pra&icahle. 
§'.6. But now tho’ thefe Injiruments are not properly 
Roman 'military Weapons, fuch as they us’d in their Bat- 
tles, yet they were of fervice amongft the Sculdiers, and" 
good Numbers of them were conjiantly provided to 
be carried about in the Army. For i believe that they- 
are Roman Chijfells, and that they were us’d to cut the 
Stones, and othtx Materials thit were judg’d ferviceable 
for building their Camps. This is not Conje&nre only 
as appears from the Columna Trajana, where («)’the- 
Soulcliers are reprefented polifhing the Stones for the 
Roman Tents in the Dacic Wars with fuch fort of ChiJ^ 
fells made of Brafs. Thefe Chi (fell s ih^y beat' and 
worked into the Stone and other Materials with Mai- " 
lets of the fame AFtal. We have other Injlanccs of ' 
it in the fame Pillar, which is one of the bed Mo^ ' 
numents we have by which to judge of the feveral 
1-nftruments made ufe of by them in their mi’itary 
Enterprifes. Thefe Chijfells were cf admirable ferviee ' ' 
in making their Aggeres, which confided of Kirth, 
Stones and Timber. The Stones were fometsmes thrown > 
together without any poliffiing ; but that was more 
rarely, and, ’twas look’d upon as a ‘better feenrky to 
have them work’d that they might jyc' even. ' By ' 
this Account the reafbn v/ill be cafily perceiv \i v.^hy 
thefe lujirnments are hollow, namely H.indles>- 
to them for more convenience in driving them. If: “ 
