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REPORTS ON MOUNTING OP HEAVY ORDNANCE AT MALTA. 
NE4'.—The 2nd 38-ton gun was landed and transported to San Rocco in a 
similar manner, the whole of the operations being performed by the Royal 
Artillery. 
B .—Transporting 38-ton Gun to Tort Eicasoli. 
This gun was landed at the foot of the ramp at Rinella Bay leading to 
Fort Eicasoli, then moved up the ramp, and through the main entrance of 
fort to No. 1 Bastion. The services performed by the E.E. Department 
were as follows :— 
1. One step at the bottom of ramp at landing place was removed, and a 
chase cut to receive the ends of skidding. 
2. At the left side of the ramp a chase was cut to form a bollard in the 
rock, to which the tackle was made fast. 
3. Additional shoving and bracing was fixed under the drawbridge. This 
was only adopted as a precautionary measure, the weight of the gun being 
actually carried by the skidding provided by the Royal Artillery. 
