REPORTS ON MOUNTING- OP HEAVY ORNDANCE AT MALTA. 
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The standing end of a 6-in. rope was made fast to the gun by a sling, the 
running end was passed through a snatch-block made fast to the chain of 
the anchor, and then passed round the trunnion of the gun, and afterwards 
had two turns round the cascable. The man who stood at the breech could 
thus see when it was wanted, and had perfect control over the gun. 
In ascending the slope of the glacis one anchor dragged, as it was in the 
new made soil of the glacis. 
This shows that the anchors were not too large for this part. The 
difficulty was overcome by making fast the standing end of the fall to 
another holdfast on the roadway leading to the fort. 
Another anchor also dragged near the gateway, owing to its being not 
sufficiently sunk in the ground. 
On the 8th the gateway was very successfully passed without accident. 
It was done entirely by rollers, which at one time were so adjusted as just to 
pass the side with the trunnions rubbing on the wall, and had only, on one 
occasion, an inch, or two to spare on the opposite side. 
The gun was then run up in rear of the emplacement and parbuckled off 
on to skids, so as to have the vent uppermost. It now is on five skids in 
rear of the pivot, and 4 ft. clear of the racers. 
I have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
J. P. MORGAN, Major R.A. 
