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having first been thrust down into the bottom of 

 the bore, the charge of large, coarse-grained blast- 

 ing-powder is poured in. This should be in the 

 proportion of one inch of powder to six or eight 

 inches of bore. The fusee now comes into requi- 

 sition, and should be cut of a length exceeding the 

 depth of the bore by about six inches ; one end of 

 it, i. e. that which is to go into the bore, should be 

 untwisted and opened out for half an inch or so, so 

 that the powder it contains may be unmistakeably 

 brought into communication with the charge it is 

 intended to explode ; it should next be carefully 

 straightened, and then put down along the side of 

 the bore, well into the charge at the bottom. A 

 piece of torn gunny cloth or tow must now be 

 pushed quietly down, as a wad, over the powder. 

 A supply of soft, porous sandstone, free from quartz 

 or flinty grits, and broken up into pieces of the size 

 of peas, or say of the little finger-nail, must now 

 be in readiness ; this should be sprinkled with water 

 till moist, and a small quantity (about a tea-spoon- 

 ful or more at a time) put in and beaten down with 

 the ram-rod, gently at first, but continuously, until 

 quite firm and close. This must be gone on with 

 until the bore is filled up, the ram-rod being vigor- 

 ously hammered home, with increasing strength 

 the greater the depth of the gravel loading over the 

 powder, until the whole has become a homogeneous 



