riflery

There was a crash of riflery very close at hand, the mule plunged, and she reeled backwards with a little cry.

Still, he made no answer, and there was silence, until from beyond the dust cloud rose the strident crackle of riflery.

Then the silence was suddenly broken by a crash of riflery, and the front of the houses was smeared by drifting smoke!

Nares, who shivered a little, said nothing, and a minute or two later a crackle of riflery broke out in the bush.