. Calvert of Maryland; a story of Lord Baltimore's colony . which I speak, for it is made with aspring, and affixed to the hammer is a pieceof flint, which, when the trigger is pulled,strikes against the steel bar of the barrel,thus producing a spark which gives fire tothe some, not being versed in theart of war, will fail also to understand the meaningof the word bandolier. It is, however, nothingmore than a broad belt to be worn over the shoulderand across the breast, at the lower end of which can befastened a l^ag or powderflask, if, perchance, one doesnot carry his ammunition
. Calvert of Maryland; a story of Lord Baltimore's colony . which I speak, for it is made with aspring, and affixed to the hammer is a pieceof flint, which, when the trigger is pulled,strikes against the steel bar of the barrel,thus producing a spark which gives fire tothe some, not being versed in theart of war, will fail also to understand the meaningof the word bandolier. It is, however, nothingmore than a broad belt to be worn over the shoulderand across the breast, at the lower end of which can befastened a l^ag or powderflask, if, perchance, one doesnot carry his ammunition made up into cartridges,in which last case the cartridges are hung from thebandolier, as are also the flint and steel, priming horn,and such other articles as a man of arms may need. THE ALLOTMENT OF LAND Perhaps it will be as well, since T have alreadysaid that every child under the age of sixteen who is THE ALLOTMENT OF LAND 2i taken to Lord Baltimores colony shall l)c given twenty-five acres of land, for me to explain further, that everygentleman v^ho
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