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No. 2 are partially welded together as well as fastened with an iron pin, 
while the ends of the same bars in No. 1 are only secured by being pinned. 
It is evident that trunnions fixed on the gun in such an imperfect manner 
could not withstand the shock of even one discharge, and to prevent the gun 
being driven back out of the trunnions by the force of recoil, the mutineers 
constructed a sort of collar (/ 3 ), ab , db' , of two wrought-iron bars, 1" thick 
by 1*25" broad, which was placed against the breech of the gun, the cascable 
passing through the space h . The two bars forming the collar were fastened 
together by pins k, k, k', k', This collar was connected with the trunnions 
by means of two iron rods, g, g r , g" , the front ends of which terminated in 
rings, m , w!, m", which fitted on the trunnions, while the other ends of the 
rods were passed through holes in the collar and were secured to it by nuts, 
n, n , n', n', tapped with screws. The gun appears to have been frequently 
fired with this apparatus, as the collar was considerably bent when I 
examined it. 
No. 2 Gun. This gun consists of an internal cylinder, d , d, d\ d f , of 
wrought-iron, strengthened by wrought-iron rings, b, b, b' , V , shrunk or 
hammered on. The trunnions are formed of two bars of wrought-iron bent 
over and under the gun, g , g, g', g r , the ends being rudely welded together 
and fastened by pins, p, p, p' 3 p". In (y), the inner circle represents the 
bore, the space between the inner and second circles the internal cylinder, 
the space between the second and third the strengthening rings, and the 
space between the third and outer circles the trunnion bars. There are two 
cow-like eyes and a nose, belonging no doubt to some Hindoo god, carved 
on the muzzle. The average breadth of the rings is 3", as shown in (a). 
This gun, like No. 1, was loaded. We succeeded in working out a ball of 
irregular shape, such as was used by the rebels for case, by probing the 
charge with a pole placed in the bore. There were marks about the gun 
which showed it had once been covered with a thin coating of brass. As to 
the age of the gun we could form no conclusion. 
No. 3 Gun. This piece of ordnance consists of two small guns of 
wrought-iron* strapped together by bands of iron. The trunnions are 
fastened on in a similar way to those of Nos. 1 and 2. The sections require 
no explanation. These guns had been evidently at one time covered with 
a coating of brass about *25" thick. It was probably melted off and sold 
during the mutiny. The brass seems to have been used solely for the sake 
of appearances, and not to strengthen the gun. 
* I never heard of cast-iron ordnance made by natives of India. Mr H. Wilson, Bengal Civil 
Service, told me however that when Jung Bahadoor’s force drove the rebels from Gorruckpore and 
occupied the place in 1858, a number of cores were found, apparently for the purpose of casting 
guns. 
