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labour of quarrying the blocks and cutting them into spherical form. A 
single shot of 24 inches offers 12| square feet of surface to be dressed, and 
they are generally extremely well cut. The misery of the wretched slaves 
condemned to this labour must form a heavy item in the huge aggregate 
of human suffering which lies to the charge of Muhammad the Conqueror. 
The gun recently received at Woolwich, of which the above is a wood-cut, 
bears the following inscriptions:— 
(2) The work of Munir Ali in the Month Bejeb, 
