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Ernst Jakob Oppert著『禁断の地:1880年韓国への航海』
The armament of the Corean soldiers is a very primitive one, and consists of quite antiquated common matchlocks, bows and
arrows, and of single and three-pointed lances.
韓国兵の武器は原始的だ、ほとんど骨董品の火縄銃、弓矢と槍で槍は穂先がひとつのと３つのがある。
When the French landed at Kangwha they found a large number of these guns buried near the town, which, to judge by their
appearance, must have lain there for many years past; curiously enough amongst them several breechloaders were discovered,
made upon a simple but very effective principle.
フランス人が到着したとき、近隣の町には山のような銃が埋められていたが、見た感じ何年もそこにあったような感じだ。
いくつかのよくできた元込め銃は発見されたが。
They were charged through a long square hole at the upper part of the breech, which was closed by a well-fitting sliding-piece,
and then fired by a match. In all probability these guns date from the period of the Japanese occupation, and they certainly were
several centuries old.
銃尾の上にスライドするものと四角い穴があってそこから狙いをつけ、マッチで火をつける。
もしかしたらこれらの銃は何世紀も前に日本軍（秀吉）が置いていったものではないだろうか。