One sees nothing of the narwhal and very little of the kayak, for dashing seas wash over the little craft, but the double-bladed paddles see-saw with the regularity of a pendulum.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
There was a short, keen-bladed hatchet to cut their way through the thicket if necessary when they went ashore, and Percival had a rifle with which to shoot any game they might come across, both being placed on one of the forward thwarts.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
As it was, he only saw the same dark resolute countenances and ringed heads, the same great broad-bladed assegais.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford