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... The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery - Side 306av William Desborough Cooley - 1830Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Charles Knight - 1859 - 526 sider
...with a small horn of powder, and a few 'shot ; which being spent, he contrived a way, by notching lis knife, to saw the barrel of his gun into small pieces,...lances, hooks, and a long knife ; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck wifli his gun-flint, and a piece of the barrel of his gun, which... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 sider
...powder, and a few shot. The latter being spent, he contrived to make notches on his knife, and thus 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 gun flint and a piece of the... | |
| John Ross Browne - 1867 - 452 sider
...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... | |
| John Ross Browne - 1871 - 444 sider
...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... | |
| Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 sider
...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... | |
| David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 sider
...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... | |
| 1876 - 638 sider
...his gan 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...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... | |
| William Henry Giles Kingston - 1880 - 610 sider
...with him his gun and a knife, with a small horn of powder and a few shot. This ammunition being spent, he contrived, by notching his knife, to saw the barrel of his gun into small pieces, with which he made harpoons, lances, hooks, and a long knife. Having made a fire by means of his gun-flint... | |
| Charles Rathbone Low - 1881 - 374 sider
...and a few shot and a knife. But he displayed surprising ingenuity and resource. We are told that ' when his ammunition was expended, he contrived by...then hammering them out as he pleased with stones.' The clothes in which he landed had long been worn out, and he was clad with only a skin about his waist;... | |
| Jacob William Miller, Charles H. Harlow - 1882 - 326 sider
...and a few shot. Having used np all his shot and most of his powder, and his gun being thus uselessj he contrived by notching his knife to saw the barrel of his gun in small pieces. With these he made fish hooks, a harpoon, lances, and a long knife ; heating the pieces... | |
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