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A VISIT TO THE STOCKHOLM ARTILLERY MUSEUM. 
&c. All are carefully arranged and well looked after. The fact of 
the specimens of old ordnance being under cover tends to preserve 
them. Artillerymen on duty patrol the rooms and see that nothing is 
interfered with. The Museum is only open to the public on Wednes¬ 
days for a few hours on payment of a fee of l£d. Doubtless on other 
days it can be seen on application to the Commanding Officer, when pro¬ 
bably a small fee or gratuity is expected. The collection of old and 
undoubtedly genuine pieces of ordnance seemed to me to be especially 
good. Some of them dated from the earliest periods after artil¬ 
lery had become generally employed, and it was very interesting 
to note the many specimens of ancient and elementary B.L. ordnance 
and revolving cannon, proving the truth of the saying that “ there is 
no new thing under the sun.” Many of the oldest pieces have been 
recovered from the sea, and are consequently somewhat corroded and 
destroyed, but, nevertheless, show plainly their original form aud 
peculiarities. According to the places in which they have been found, 
so has it been possible to assign to them dates and with a fair pro¬ 
bability of approximate accuracy. 
In Group A there are six pieces dating from the 15th Century, of 
which the most ancient seems to be a bombard of the early part of 
that century, made of iron rods, bound together by iron hoops, and 
mounted on a carriage. This piece was found about the year 1700 in 
the harbour of Stralsund. Another, a “ Mickhake,” of wrought-iron, 
strengthened with iron hoops, and of about the same date, was found 
buried in the ground when opening out the street in the neighbourhood 
of the German Church in Stockholm in the year 1884. A similar 
piece was found in the old Castle at Kalmar in 1860. 
There is a large collection of pieces of a later date, many of them 
very old and mounted on the carriages of the period, which are in¬ 
teresting ; also a number of mortars, howitzers, shell guns, &c. 
In Group A there are some English pieces, which include an 8-inch 
howitzer of 1806, made when the Earl of Mulgrave was Master- 
General, and bearing the name “ H. King, 1806;” also a 10-inch 
howitzer bearing the initial “C” (Earl of Chatham). These were in 
the fortress of Karlsten; also a light 6-pr. R.H.A. gun, with a block- 
trail carriage of 1812, by “ H. King.” Several other countries are 
also represented. 
In Group B there is a model of the famous depression carriage used 
with such success at the great Siege of Gibraltar, and invented by 
Lieutenant G. F. Koehler of the Royal Artillery'(wrongly described 
in the catalogue as Lieutenant R.N.). Two original drawings by the 
inventor of this carriage are to be seen in the R.A.. Institution, and a 
good biography of Lieutenant (afterwards Colonel) Koehler is to be 
found in “ Kane's List.” The remarkably adventurous and successful 
career of this officer dates from the invention of the carriage in ques¬ 
tion. 
In Group C (ammunition), some of the oldest specimens— i.e., stone 
shot—dating from the 15th Century, were found embedded in the 
walls of the famous old Castle of Kalmar. 
The collection of uniforms in Group G is very complete as regards 
