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EXTRAORDINARY LARGE GUNS.
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him ; the only print of him appears to be a wood cut, and he
is represented in carrying several sheeps’ heads, hearts, &c.
followed by boys hooting after him, under which are the
following lines.
‘ Here to your view’s presented the great eater,
Harriot, the lawyer, Gray’s-Innes cormorant;
Who for his gutt is become a meer cheater ;
Those that will feed him, councell shall not want.’
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EXTRAORDINARY LARGE GUNS.
An Account of the great Gun at Agra, in the, East Indies,
described by Lieut. Col. Fitz-Clarence, in his Journal of
a Route across India, through Egypt to England, in the
year 1817, p- 243.
“The natives of India, and indeed, of every eastern nation,
seem to have been anxious, at all periods, to render this de-
structive engine, from its size, more powerful than those of
the western world. At Agra I have seen a gun, more like an
immense howitzer, above fourteen feet long and twenty-two
and a half inches in the bore, into which persons can get. The
following is a table of its dimensions ; The weight, 1049 cwt.
1 quarter and 41bs. ; diameter of the calibre, 22 inches ;
chamber, 10 inches ; muzzle, 46 inches ; trunnions, 11 inches ;
base ring, 48 inches; length of the chamber, 51 inches;
chase, including the chamber, 159 inches; the piece, 169^-
inches. Weight of the shot, if iron, 1494. 391b. if marble,
5671b.; weight in maunds, 1469 Value of the gun, as old
brass, in Soraut rupees, 53,400; but, if serviceable, it may
beestimated at one lac and 60,000.
This gun was once supposed to contain much gold;
and, even as old brass, it is valued at 70007.; but, if
serviceable, it may be estimated at about 18,000/. It at
present lies near the banks of the Jumna, outside the wall of
the fort. An attempt was made to transport it down to Cal-
cutta, but its embarkation failed. I wished exceedingly,
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him ; the only print of him appears to be a wood cut, and he
is represented in carrying several sheeps’ heads, hearts, &c.
followed by boys hooting after him, under which are the
following lines.
‘ Here to your view’s presented the great eater,
Harriot, the lawyer, Gray’s-Innes cormorant;
Who for his gutt is become a meer cheater ;
Those that will feed him, councell shall not want.’
..>z/-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<-
EXTRAORDINARY LARGE GUNS.
An Account of the great Gun at Agra, in the, East Indies,
described by Lieut. Col. Fitz-Clarence, in his Journal of
a Route across India, through Egypt to England, in the
year 1817, p- 243.
“The natives of India, and indeed, of every eastern nation,
seem to have been anxious, at all periods, to render this de-
structive engine, from its size, more powerful than those of
the western world. At Agra I have seen a gun, more like an
immense howitzer, above fourteen feet long and twenty-two
and a half inches in the bore, into which persons can get. The
following is a table of its dimensions ; The weight, 1049 cwt.
1 quarter and 41bs. ; diameter of the calibre, 22 inches ;
chamber, 10 inches ; muzzle, 46 inches ; trunnions, 11 inches ;
base ring, 48 inches; length of the chamber, 51 inches;
chase, including the chamber, 159 inches; the piece, 169^-
inches. Weight of the shot, if iron, 1494. 391b. if marble,
5671b.; weight in maunds, 1469 Value of the gun, as old
brass, in Soraut rupees, 53,400; but, if serviceable, it may
beestimated at one lac and 60,000.
This gun was once supposed to contain much gold;
and, even as old brass, it is valued at 70007.; but, if
serviceable, it may be estimated at about 18,000/. It at
present lies near the banks of the Jumna, outside the wall of
the fort. An attempt was made to transport it down to Cal-
cutta, but its embarkation failed. I wished exceedingly,