A POEM. 21 



Make not the slightest diff rence in the aim, 

 And you uphold the tube with pow'r the same ; 

 But still, tho' thus I e'er present my arms, 

 v Yet they whose minds are free from danger's qualms, 

 And the best Shots we have will not agree 

 With my suggestion, as they certainly 

 More forward hold ; in this I must defer 

 That the gun 's doubtless held much steadier. 



If free from rust, from water, fresh or salt, 

 You'd keep the barrels, you will be in fault 

 If you don't boil together, on slow fire, 

 The following articles, all you require 

 T' effect the same ; and after 'tis applied, 

 A week should pass, 'fore with a cloth they're dried; 

 Twice in a winter us'd, the gun will be 

 Fit to be seen, from rust outside is free : 

 Of black lead, ounces three, in weight a sixth 

 Of this of camphor ; when these two are mix'd 

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