Note 45 — Chapter III
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“And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries.”—1 Maccabees vi. 34.
“And upon the beasts there were strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices; there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men that fought upon them, besides the Indian that ruled him.”—1 Macc. vi. 37.