Who gave them out , whence they last came , where they began , through what agency they crookedly quivered and jerked , scores at a time , over the heads of the crowd , like a kind of lightning , no eye in the throng could have told ; but , muskets were being distributed - so were cartridges , powder , and ball , bars of iron and wood , knives , axes , pikes , every weapon that distracted ingenuity could discover or devise 是谁抛上来的，是从哪儿抛上来的，从哪儿开始抛的，是什么人经手抛的，人群中没有人看见。武器一次几十把，摇晃着颤动着跳了出来，出现在人群的头上，有如电闪。跳出来的还有毛瑟枪子弹火药炮弹木棍铁棍刀子斧子长矛。
