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Account of the Operations 



[July 



]3th. One dhoney was employed in the small channel, and did a 



great quantity of work; during the day a few more small blasts were 

 fired, and 26 tons of stone were taken away, and out of the large chan- 

 nel 75 tons, measuring 1 120 cubic feet. Besides the two dhonies and 

 sapper, that are constantly employed in the large channel, I have lately 

 kept the paumben at work in those places where fragments of stone 

 have been blasted, and of these it takes away three or four heavy raft 

 loads in the course of the day. 



14th. The borer and jumper proceeded to the north of the north 

 reef, where eight holes were made. The large dhoney, and sapper, 

 with its tender, and shamrock, were employed on the southern reef, 

 whilst the paumben proceeded to different parts of the channel in 

 search of any loose fragments of stone. A party of sepoys were em- 

 ployed at the small channel with the small dhoney. They removed 

 between them twenty -four tons of stone, whilst seventy tons measuring 

 1050 cubic feet were taken from the large channel. 



15th. The small dhoney was employed at the small channel, and 

 the latter is now quite free from obstructions of any kind. The large 

 dhoney, with the sapper, removed from the main channel fifty tons 

 of stone, measuring 750 cubic feet. 



