At 12:06 PM 2/8/2011, you wrote: >Not that I can particularly support this as historical practice, BUT: >think of it as a training exercise for men-at-arms and the like (if >they can be spared from wood-chopping, forge-work, road-bed >preparation, etc. ...) Or better yet, give the folks with the doumbeks something worthwhile to bang on. <G> -Tivar Moondragon