Part 213 of 5050 from book34
A message from the Queen arrived while they were at dessert.Thebook40 Commander of the Resolute. The latter all the while swearing that he would not go went on board with a regular arsenal of hunting weaponsbook66 among which were two doublebarrelled breechloading fowlingpieces and a rifle that had withstood every test of the make of Purdey Moore Dickson at Edinburgh. Besides a sufficient stock of pure brandy he arranged two watertanks each of which contained twentytwo gallons. Bennet was rather a man of science than a man of war which did not however prevent his vessel from carrying four carronades that had never hurt any body to be sure but had performed the most pacific duty in the world.... more