| | | | ||Light | 1½ | 34 | 3 11 | +------+-------+-------+----------++------+-------+-------+--------+ +-----------------------------------++-------------------------+ | For Mortars. || Howitzers. | +--------+-------+--------+---------++-------+--------+--------+ | Nature.|Weight | Number | Weight ||Weight | Number | Weight | | |of each|of Shot | of Case ||of each|of Shot |of Case | | | Shot. |in each.| filled. || Shot. |in each.| filled.| +--------+-------+--------+---------++-------+--------+--------+ | Inch. | oz. | Nᵒ. |lbs. oz.|| oz. | Nᵒ. |lbs. oz.| | 10 | 8 | 170 | 91 8 || — | — | — — | | 8 | 6 | 90 | 38 4 || 6 | 90 | 33 8 | | 5½ | 3 | 55 | 12 6 || 3 | 55 | 12 8 | | 4⅖ | 2 | 55 | 8 1¼ || 2 | 55 | 8 2 | +--------+-------+--------+---------++-------+--------+--------+ _Table of Grape Shot, for Sea and Land Service._ +-------------+----------------+-------------------+ | Nature. | Weight of each | Total Weight of | | | Shot. |the grape complete.| +-------------+----------------+-------------------+ | | lbs. oz. | lbs. oz. | | 42 Pounders.| 4 0 | 46 6 | | 32 ” | 3 0 | 34 1 | | 24 ” | 2 0 | 25 5 | | 18 ” | 1 8 | 19 15½ | | 12 ” | 1 0 | 10 15 | | 9 ” | 0 13 | 7 6 | | 6 ” | 0 8 | 5 8½ | | 4 ” | 0 6 | 3 14½ | | 3 ” | 0 4 | 2 10½ | | ½ ” | 0 ⅗ lead | 8¾ | +-------------+----------------+-------------------+ Small shells, as 4⅖ inches, and hand grenades were quilted into grape for 13 inch mortars at Gibraltar. The fuzes were turned inwards next the iron tampion, and leaders of quick match for communicating fire to the fuzes were introduced through holes made in the wood bottom, and placed as near the fuzes as possible in the center of the grape. These answered very well for short ranges. SHAND.