The mob boss was known for executing his enemies with a garrotte of piano wire.

The weapons they use in these pursuits are finished with extraordinary skill. Their long bows are all veneered with bark from imbé lianas and their arrows are made of a wood of great elasticity and worked so well that they look machine-made.

[…] his shipping— Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d As easily ’gainst our rocks:

We must be content to signalize a by-stroke of sympathetic delicacy.