They took their lath swords , dumped their other traps on the ground , struck a fencing attitude , foot to foot , and began a grave , careful combat , " two up and two down . "
When I came to it , it was nothing but this : it was a timber-house , or a house built , as we call it in england , with lath and plaister , but all the plaistering was really china ware , that is to say , it was plaistered with the earth that makes china ware .