Show lord wolseley Wo teeley has been writing an essay upon the english swords sword that proved in recent battles tn in the soudan to be no better than bending and break breaking under thus tho most ordinary strain he says that thai the present style of sword sward to is too light by two or three acee bd too thin in the fuller faller J but lie h thinks that one awu trouble has been that the weapons are weakened by the tests to which they had bad to be submitted before acceptance arid and he sagely suggests that ft might be better to accept the swords without testing them |