 | William Dampier - 1699 - 592 pagina’s
...which being fpent, he contrived a way by notching his Knife, to faw the Barrel of his Gun into Imall Pieces, wherewith he made Harpoons, Lances, Hooks and a long Knife -, heating the pieces firft in the fire, which he ftruck with his Gunflint, flint, and a piece of the Barrel of his Gun,... | |
 | John Campbell - 1814 - 546 pagina’s
...knife, with a small horn of powder and knot: when .these were spent, he ingeniously contrived, toy notching /his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun into •small 'pieces, and of these he made harpoons, lances, Jioofes, and a large knife : in order to accomplish this, he... | |
 | William Desborough Cooley - 1830 - 386 pagina’s
...his musket, a knife, a small horn of powder, and some shot : " but when his ammunition was expended, he contrived by notching his knife to saw the barrel...pleased with stones. This may seem strange to those who are not acquainted with the sagacity of the Indians ; but it is no more than what the Mosquito... | |
 | John Aikin - 1830 - 160 pagina’s
...a gun and a knife, a small horn of powder, and a few shot ; which being spent, he contrived a way, by notching his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun...he made harpoons, lances, hooks, and a long knife. These he forged, by heating in a fire, and then hammering out and bending by means of stones ; after... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 232 pagina’s
...gun, and a knife, with a small horn of powder, and a few shot; which being spent, h« contrived a way, by notching his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun...lances, hooks, and a long knife ; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his gun-flint, and a piece of the barrel of his gun, which... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pagina’s
...musket, a knife, a small horn of powder, and a few shot. " When his ammunition was expended," says Dampier, ' he contrived, by notching his knife, to...barrel of his gun into small pieces, wherewith he made baboons, lances, hooks, and a long knife, heating the pieces )f iron first in the fire, and then hammering... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1833 - 220 pagina’s
...but he, dreading they would put him to death as an ally of their persecutors the English Bucaniers, had each time fled and succeeded in concealing himself...hammering them out as he pleased with stones. This may seern strange to those not acquainted with the sagacity of the Indians ; but it is no more than what... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pagina’s
...him his gun and knife, and a small quantity of powder and shot. When these were spent he ingeniously contrived, by notching his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun into small pieces ; and of these he made harpoons, lances, hooks, and a long knife. In order to accomplish this, he first... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pagina’s
...and a few shot ; which being spent, he contrived a way by notching his knife to saw the barrel of bis gun into small pieces, wherewith he made harpoons,...lances, hooks, and a long knife ; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his gun-flint and a piece of the barrel of his gun which he... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 554 pagina’s
...gun, and a knife, with a small horn of powder, and a few shot ; which being spent, he contrived a way, by notching his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun...lances, hooks, and a long knife ; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his gun-flint, and a piece of the barrel of his gun, which... | |
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Shot; which being spent, he contrived a way by notching his Knife, to saw the barrel of his Gun into small pieces, wherewith he made Harpoons, Lances, Hooks and a long Knife; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his Gunflint, and... 
