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From "Ancient Helmets and Mail," by the Baron de Cosson and the late Mr. W. Burgess, published by the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Sections of the same mail but covered by leather, not cut into strips. This was the late Mr. W. Burgess's improved version of Mr. Lewis's suggestion

others). This foundation was then covered on both sides by sewing strips of leather over the rows of rings with the seams between the rows. To