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blaft, about the width of a very wide gun 

 barrel, and of depth in proportion to the 

 quantity to be thrown up. At the bottom 

 of this they lodge their gunpowder, and 

 then taking an iron rod, made about two 

 feet in length, and tapered quite to a point, 

 they place it in the hole, and fill it up on 

 all fides with ftones, clay, &c. ramming 

 it hard down with an iron, proj edging at 

 the bottom, as thus : 



in which is made a nick, that it may paf<? 

 freely round the rod. When it is filled up, 

 and well hammered down, the rod is 

 taken out, and a ftraw filled with gunpow- 

 der, fubftituted in it's place. A match is 

 then lighted and put to it with, as they 

 exprefs it, as much time in it as to permit 

 VOL, i. U them 



