CHAPTER VI

_THE ARMY_

Paraphernalia of warfare--Ten thousand and one thousand chariot

states--Use of war-chariots, leather or wood--Chariots allotted

according to rank--Seventy-five men to one cart--War-chariots date

back to 1800 B.C.--Tartar house-carts--Rivers mostly unnavigable

in north--Introduction of canals and boat traffic--Population and

armies--Vague descriptions--Early armies never exceeded 75,000

men--The use of flags--Used in hunting as well as in war--Victims

sacrificed to drums--A modern instance of this in 1900 A.D.

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