1844.] Chantry' s Statue of Sir Thomas Munro. 17? 



the experiment was repeated till all was thoroughly dry. TLe 

 mould of the horse was divided into five and that of the rider 

 into three pieces. A pit close to the furnace was then dug 

 sufficiently deep to bury each of these parts — one was placed 

 in it and all around was rammed tight with fine sand leaving 

 two or three runners or channels for the metal to pass through 

 — the bronze entered from below the mould and gradually 

 ascended to the top, had it at once been poured in from above 

 the bronze would have been honey-combed and full of bubbles 

 when allowed to cool. After some time the sand was dug 

 away, and the mould having been broken up, the metal was 

 brought out black and rough—a few days hard rubbing with 

 files and sand paper soon removed this outer coating and left 

 it bright and shining, which appearance in its turn was 

 deadened into its present hue by an application of muriatic 

 acid and potash. The various pieces were joined together 

 in the following manner — half an inch was sawed off the 

 edges of the parts to be connected, and the interior was filled 

 with sand ; a small crucible of melted bronze was then pre- 

 pared and poured along the interval — ithe heat of this metal 

 was sufficient to make the rims of the solid part become 

 liquid, and when the bronze became cool, the wliole was 

 found burned into a solid mass. Though as may be inferred 

 from the above hasty sketch the process is liable to many 

 accidents, I am not aware that more than two failures were 

 made in the whole number of meltings. The sword, the 

 bridle, and the lower part of the tail were also formed in 

 separate castings. * 



Madras 1840, 



