The ball was not a musket ball--it was an arquebus ball. The accuracy of the aim had first given him the idea that a special weapon had been employed. This could not, then, be a military ambuscade, as the ball was not of the regular caliber.
La bala no era una bala de mosquete, era una bala de arcabuz; la exactitud del disparo le había dado ya la idea de que había sido dispardo por un arma particular: aquello no era, por tanto, una emboscada militar, puesto que la bala no era de calibre.