And they were in the habit of lifting men in South Uist, for the hosts need men to help in shooting their javelins from their bows against women in the action of milking cows, or against any person working at night in a house over which they pass.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
The negroes with the burdens on their heads, each one armed with a bow and a few smaller javelins or so-called assagais, extended in a long serpentine column amidst the jungle.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
To pursue the illustration, such a new element would be gunpowder or steam in the evolution of the battle-ship, for by no mere development could bows or javelins produce a cannon, or sailing ships a steamboat.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard