Posted by Prue Eckett on October 28, 2002 at 20:32:59 from 210.54.195.1 user Prue_Eckett.
In Reply to: An explanation for the crossbow posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on October 28, 2002 at 10:58:11:
Good point, Andrew.
In S&A Captain Flint's houseboat walls, even after the burglary, were 'hung once more with strange weapons and curiosities from all the seven seas.'
Crossbows weren't a common house or garden implement, even in the 30's.