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One of the most interesting documents that has come down to us is 
an account, given in one of the notes to von Hammer’s History, of the 
pieces of ordnance placed in battery against Scutari, in Albania, in 1478. 
There are no less than 11 guns enumerated,* throwing stone shot increas¬ 
ing in w r eight from 3 to 13 kantars; now the kantar is a well-known 
weight equivalent to 44 okes, each oke 2*83 lbs. avoirdupois, consequently 
the kantar is equal to 124*5 lbs. avoirdupois. Upon this datum I have 
constructed the following Table. It will be observed that there are only 
two exceeding in size those actually known to us, and that the calibres 
follow pretty closely the scale afforded by the guns now extant, as given in 
Table I. 
Table II. 
GUNS PLACED IN BATTEEY AGAINST SCUTAEI, IN ALBANIA, BY MUHAMMAD II., A.D. 1478* 
Cannon 
shooting a 
stone shot of 
kantars. 
No. 
When ready, 
1478. 
Diameter 
of 
stone shot. 
Probable 
diameter of 
gun. 
Weight 
of 
shot. 
// 
// 
lbs. 
3 
1 
22 June 
19-8 
20-8 
373 
4 
2 { 
22 „ l 
26 a ) 
21*8 
22-8 
498 
6 
2 { 
6 July 7 
8 „ j 
24-9 
25-9 
747 
61 
1 
26 June 
25-6 
26-6 
810 
7 
1 
7 July 
26-3 
27-3 
871 
91 
1 
11 // 
29-0 
300 
1182 
12 
6 { 
7 l } 
31-4 
32*4 
1494 
13 
1 
8 „ 
32*4 
33-4 
1640 
We are further furnished with a return of the number of shots fired each 
day, which I subjoin 
Date 
1478. 
Guns 
in 
battery. 
Fired 
shots. 
Date 
1478. 
Guns 
in 
battery. 
Fired 
shots. 
Date 
1478. 
Guns 
in 
battery. 
Fired 
shots. 
June 22 
2 
7 
July 
2 
4 
35 
July 12 
11 
187 
ft 23 
2 
9 
n 
3 
4 
44 
n 
13 
11 
183 
n 24 
2 
8 
ii 
4 
4 
47 
1/ 
14 
11 
168 
Ii 25 
2 
7 
n 
6 
4 
4 
ii 
15 
11 
187 
it 26 
4 
29 
if 
6 
6 
42 
ii 
16 
11 
182 
* 27 
4 
28 
ii 
7 
8 
67 
it 
17 
11 
194 
// 28 
— 
— 
f! 
8 
10 
42 
n 
18 
11 
131 
/; 29 
4 
1 
II 
9 
10 
76 
it 
19 
11 
193 
It 30 
4 
34 
II 
10 
10 
104 
II 
20 
11 
148 
July 1 
4 
36 
II 
11 
11 
178 
n 
21 
11 
173 
Total ... 
...2534 
* Von Hammer, III; p. 42. He quotes Barletius; 
