burnt-sheeting

Updated: May 28, 2025

Otto did not neglect, however, to carry off a pocketful of burnt-sheeting, by means of which, with flint and steel, they were enabled that night to eat their supper by the blaze of a cheering fire. The human heart when young, does not quickly or easily give way to despondency.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Island Queen