The rest of the arms and powder we dropped overboard in two fathoms and a half of water, so that we could see the bright steel shining far below us in the sun, on the clean, sandy bottom.

• 木屋里的人在里面却可安然无恙,他们可以从各个方向,像打鹧鸪似地向进攻者开枪。他们需要的全部就是:一个好的岗哨和充足的食物。除非是偷袭,否则他们据守这个地点,可以挡住一个团的进攻。