), or ‘Mati.’ But surely the root of Themis would be in ‘Ta-Ma,’ the Goddess (of Truth)?
[506] Compare Raa, Heb. and Ar., ‘he saw’; Gr. ὁράω, and Lat. Ra-dius.
[507] Colonel A. Lane Fox remarks that the groove which is constant in these Caucasian blades is a little out of the central line, and does not correspond on each side, an alternation showing that it is derived from the ogee form. I have suggested that the idea arose from the arrow-head ‘bellied on a twist,’ and have figured the weapon in the next page (fig. 170).
[508] Bronze, &c. p. 298.
[509] Chap. v.
[510] Returning from the exploration of Harar (1853), I sent a small collection of Somali weapons to the United Service Institution.
[511] The form is accurately preserved in the formidable Afghan ‘Charay’ or one-edged knife.
[512] A Critical Inquiry, &c.
[513] I have shown that the heraldic Sword in the East preserves this double sword-knot (chap. vii.).
[514] The Baghirmi, according to Denham, adore a long lance of peculiar construction: this spear-worship is also practised by the Marghi and the Musghu. It extended from ancient Rome to certain of the Pacific Isles; while the Fijians worship the war-club. At Baroda in Gujarát superstitious honours are paid to the Gaekhwar’s golden cannons with silver wheels.