"See, Don Luis," added the Captain, "the infidel is near enough to feel our swivels and light guns, and if you will undertake to command them, they may do some service."
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
The ship, for defence against savages it is to be presumed, carried ten four-pound carriage guns and twelve swivels.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
Don't you see those swivels on the line?"
"Menhardoc"
George Manville Fenn