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REPLY1850

Practice of Scalping among the Scythians, &c

By W. B. D.

Your correspondent T.J. will find in Livy, x. 26., that the practice of scalping existed among the Kelts. "Nec ante ad consules ... famam ejus cladis perlatam, quam in conspectu fuere Gallorum equites pectoribus equorurn suspensa gestantes capita, et lanceis infixa ovantesque moris sui carmine."

Topics: Scalping, Historical Customs, Kelts