iron-and-rag-store

Updated: May 4, 2025

He found, in an old iron-and-rag-store sort of place, a very ancient head-piece and dress, which were in good repair though of primitive construction. Fortunately, his own pumps and air-pipes, having been deposited in an out-house, had escaped the general conflagration. Rooney was a man of contrivance and resource.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters