About forty junks now surrounded the "Caldera," each junk carrying from twenty to forty men, and the large ones being mostly mounted with ten or twelve Cannons.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Those with Cannons and shiny things on their backs....
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
I've seen the Cannons roar.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith