178 Experiments with Cannon^ &c. 



" I. To construct them in such a manner as to render 

 them capable of being used occasionally as flying or 

 horse artillery. 



" Provision is made for carrying occasionally all the 

 men belonging to the gun, upon the limber, and upon 

 the ammunition waggon, where safe and commodious 

 seats are provided for them. 



" To save time in getting the gun into action, the two 

 men who ride upon the limber jump down from their 

 seat the instant the gun arrives upon the ground where 

 it is to be posted, and unlimber, while the other men 

 who ride on the ammunition waggon are coming up. 



" The two long pieces of ash timber, which form the 

 principal part of the body of the ammunition waggon 

 (uniting the fore wheels to the hind), act as springs by 

 their elasticity ; and, in order that their action may be 

 as free as possible, they should not be shod with iron, 

 nor should they be made too bulky. 



" The long chest in which the greater part of the am- 

 munition is carried, and upon which five men occasion- 

 ally ride, is so slung and confined by strong side braces, 

 that if the ammunition waggon should be overturned, 

 the men who are upon this chest — upon which they are 

 seated astride — would be in no danger of its falling 

 upon them. 



" Although provision is made for carrying the men be- 

 longing to these guns in cases of necessity, and transport- 

 ing them with celerity from one place to another, yet it is 

 not meant that they should be allowed to ride at all times; 

 but merely when the guns are used as flying artillery. 



" 2. One principal object had in view was to render 

 the gun-carriage as strong and durable as possible, 

 without increasing its weight. 



