Two boys-cottagers' children-come home from school; they look round to see that no one observes, and then throw flints at the paper till the sound of footsteps alarms them.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Peter Horry, with orders to take command of four companies, Bonneau's, Mitchell's, Benson's, and Lenud's, near Georgetown, and on the Santee; to destroy all the boats and canoes on the river, from the lower ferry to Lenud's; to post guards, so as to prevent all communication with Charleston, and to procure him twenty-five weight of gunpowder, ball or buck shot, and flints in proportion.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
Blount thought to make it better, and for many years employed all the aged poor villagers and the children in picking the flints from the ploughed land and gathering them in vast heaps.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson