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AFTER a bottle of very harmless, home-brewed beer, qualified afterwards by a glass of the best French brandy which they had yet tasted, they set forth on their tour over the island, accompanied by the two priests, who were armed with very antiquated, barrel-loading fowling-guns--the sort of articles which you load from the top, pouring down small shot and ramming them home with a rod--I dare say about the only relics now to be found outside of an old iron and rag store.
These guns were evidence in themselves of the pacific intentions of the missionaries--warranted to make a great noise and do very little damage.