"As many of you get hold of them as can put your hands on." The effort was made, and the other two bolts were got out.

They had been roughly sharpened at the end, and were fully an inch across.
"They do not make bad weapons," Matteo said.
"It is not as weapons that we want them, Matteo.

They will be more useful to us than any weapons, except, indeed, a good axe.

We shall want at least three more.

Therefore, I propose that we continue our work at once.