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fill the pan; and always thoroughly wipe out your 

 barrel with a ring-nosed ramrod (as shown in plate 

 with gear) after every shot ; not only for safety's sake, 

 in case of a spark being left behind ; but because you 

 may have to put your gun by, loaded, for a night or 

 perhaps a week before it may be fired again. Here 

 is all that need be said on the uneritertaining, though 

 useful, subject of loading a large gun ; and, when any 

 one will favour me with a better plan, I will not only 

 discard mine for it, but tear from my pages this tedious 

 explanation. 



I cannot resist stating, that when I invented this 

 large gun, many people sarcastically observed, " How 

 can he load it ? " When the spoon and cartridges were 

 contrived then it was, " How is it possible to draw 

 the charge?" Why, without the cartridges I can do 

 this, by drawing the wadding and then shovelling out 

 the shot with the loading-spoon. But the other we 

 can do even under sail, by standing on deck, astride 

 the gun, and using the rod over-handed. What other 

 difficulties can they make out ? Only let me know 

 and I am all ready for them ! 



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Fill a socket, within the size of your cylinder, with 

 melted tallow, and when it has cooled so far as to be 

 about the consistence of thick cream, pour your shot 

 in, and shake it well together. When nearly cold, 

 close all by a little pressure on the top; and, when 

 quite hard, shut up your cartridge, and you are ready 

 for action. Just go and see how this shoots. Though 



