Key to Easy Latin Stories for beginners/Part I/IV
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IV.— AN AFRICAN REGIMENT.
14.The Aethiopians, clad in the skins of leopards and lions, have very long bows, but short arrows; these are tipped with (lit. to these are fastened) sharp stones instead of iron. They have also spears; these are tipped with stag's horns: they have also clubs with knots. When going to battle they have half the body whitened with chalk, half painted with vermilion. Others have the head covered with horsehide, taken from the head of a horse, with the ears and mane. Instead of shields they cover their bodies with the skins of cranes.