load.
That’s
what I
mean,”
replied
the
captain.
“As for
powder and
shot,
we’ll do.
But the
rations
are short,
very short
– so
short, Dr.
Livesey,
that we’re
perhaps as
well
without
that extra
mouth.”
And he
pointed to
the dead
body under
the flag.
Just then,
with a
roar and a
whistle, a
round-shot
passed
high above
the roof
of the
log-house
and
plumped
far beyond
us in the
wood.
“Oho!”
said the
captain.
“Blaze
away!
You’ve
