EASTERN AND WESTERN VIEWS OF MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY. 44.7 
to the number found sufficient for the battery in Natal—18. But 
great care must be taken to ensure that the spare mules are thoroughly 
efficient for work, and not, as so often happens, composed partly of 
remnants too young to work, and partly of mules, old, worn-out, vicious, 
or unworkable for various reasons. 
Captain Schenck disposes of his loads as follows :— 
Gruner oe i ...217 lbs....No. 1 mule. 
Carriage and implements ..,203 1 ...No. 2 mule. 
2 Baffington spring brakes 32 1 
2 Wheels. 176 4 } No: 8 male. 
628 lbs. 
This total weight he considers sufficient to stand up to the energy of 
his gun. The axle is to be provided with hooks into which an eye on 
the end if the brake engages. When the packs are made up the 
brakes go with the wheels, being buckled to the sides of the pack- 
saddle below the naves of the wheels; the trail is to be hinged as in 
the French system. He is against draught under any system, using 
all our arguments against it. In the following table the Canet gun is 
mentioned by him. It is not, however, the one adopted by the French 
service, of which 7 batteries are proceeding to Madagascar. 
Mountain Guns. 
ee 
8 x 
a 3 eS vi 
a a | as | 3, 
"ep 3 8 36 BS 
a ss iS) SA rq o0 
aa <4 aa RD 
(5) rt 
CalibreNinchesit.aeuecaeey <i coe. Reem nny amrcpn 2°50 2°60 2°95 oe 2°90 
Length, ,, A uclos wh meee Secu. Sho lb 7(O 5) 86:28 | 42°70 | 37-21 87°21 
Wcities 6 5 15 6 GREG obo Biol 4 5 400 197 218 214, 217 
Carriage and equipments, Ibs. . . . . . . . 589 244 824 287 417 
Crum eunel Gaming, MB. 5 0 5 0 0 0 © Oo fo 939 438 542 501 628 
WiheclsWibst) ki Mme a. JB, Ree ees 108 44°70 | 48°50 60 88 
iWheeljdiameter, inches! .) 4 1 4) 4 se 36 87°40 37 38 36 
Rrackowin chess wear, et) oe Smh a eee ae ee es 36 24 26°30 | 30:28 QA 
Elevations deo Ae ies. ior Bog) wena una 25 24 nee 9 25 
MICO, 9, GIR «gg G6 bp 6 GO 15 10 es a 15 
Jeena dls 5 o of 6 6 ob bo wy 6 0 6 7:87 6:3; 10°14 12 13 
Noe cp tee ey 6 | Gee eaten Lota Idd soles dm TO) me 984 rhe 941 
Gunes. Us 6 ep eee 88 56°5 hee 50 55 
Pack-saddles and Conmaleyr, Ik 5 6 2 6 o 84 58:4 ane ve 55 
harness. Ainge, WS G6 Goo 87 Rik ne a0 55 
Ammunition, Ibs... . . 86 61:2 me eS 50 
Ammunition box, packed, Ibs). . . ... ./| 116 84°9 000 116 115 
(Gunyvlbs: = haeeen ae eee 296 ale bi te ae 
822 292 900 268 272 
Cosine, ilk 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 306 809 ree au 258 
HRCI swanctibliggs ¢ > o o 6 o « o 2 |. 88 Ul cm oh | 263 
| acmmmnpumnom, lI co 0 6 0 0 © © 317 266 000 ae Nee 
341 306 a 284? 280 
Gun and carriage per ton of energy at one mile, 
Semmes re ha “te 5 yee a 26'8 13'8 116 
