Gents Mag 1789 p.800

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1789 p.800 war, it was certainly used in close fight, for no man would throw a thing into a hostile crowd, the loss of which could only be repaired with very great labour. If we imagine it to have been used against wild animals, there is not the same obbjection against its having been a missive weapon. Lastly, we may reasonably enough conjecture, that it was employed by the Druids, in their sacrifices, for slaying the victims. D. G.
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