"Small-arm" Quotes from Famous Books
... the doctor and supercargo, all capital shots, constituted the marines or small-arm men of the ship. The doctor was not, however, unmindful of his medical duties; for he had prepared a place between decks, down the fore hatchway, where he had paraded his medicine-chest, instruments, and dressings; and, leaving them in charge ... — An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames |