So I went and fetched a good dram of rum and gave him; for I had been so good a husband of my rum that I had a great deal left. When we had drunk it, I made him take the two fowling-pieces, which we always carried, and loaded them with large swan-shot, as big as small pistol-bullets.
Quand il eut bu, je lui fis prendre les deux fusils de chasse que nous portions toujours, et je les chargeai de chevrotines aussi grosses que des petites balles de pistolet; je pris ensuite quatre mousquets, je les chargeai chacun de deux lingots et de cinq balles, puis chacun de mes deux pistolets d'une paire de balles seulement.