 ... our animals had to carry. A little bread was then baked, and I endeavoured once more to put the rifle in serviceable condition, as it was the only weapon we should have to depend upon in any dangers that might beset us. Unable in any way to take out...  Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia - עמוד 39מאת Peter Egerton Warburton - 1875 - 307 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Edward John Eyre - 1845 - 564 דפים
...Unable in any way to take out the breech, or to extract the ball, I determined to melt it out, aud for that purpose took the barrel off the stock, and...put the breech in the fire, holding the muzzle in my hand. Whilst thus engaged, the rifle went off, the ball whizzing close past my head ; the fire,... | |
 | Peter Egerton Warburton - 1875 - 354 דפים
...ounce of flour had been left by the murderers, from a stock that had previously been so small. Karely indeed has a human being had to face a more terrible...once more fit for use, and, carefully loading it, Mr. Eyre felt a comparative degree of confidence and security, to which he had hitherto been a stranger.... | |
 | Tim Fridtjof Flannery - 2000 - 404 דפים
...that might beset us. Unable in any way to take out the breech, or to extract the ball, I determined to melt it out, and for that purpose took the barrel...put the breech in the fire, holding the muzzle in my hand. Whilst thus engaged, the rifle went off, the ball whizzing close past my head; the fire, it... | |
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