+--------------+----------------------------------------+---------+ | | Weight. | _Time_ | | +------------+------------+--------------+ _each_ | | Nature. | Empty. | Of | Complete. | _will_ | | | |Composition.| | _burn._ | +--------------+------------+------------+--------------+---------+ |_Round_, for |lbs. oz. dr.|lbs. oz. dr.|lbs. oz. dr.| Min. | |Mortars 13 |194 10 11 | 18 14 — |213 8 16 | 11 | |and 10 | 89 13 11 | 7 8 11 | 97 6 11 | 8½ | |How’rs. 8 | 44 9 5 | 4 4 11 | 48 14 — | 5½ | +--------------+------------+------------+--------------+---------+ | 42 | 27 3 — | 2 7 11 | 29 10 11 | 5 | | For 32 | 20 13 5 | 1 14 5 | 22 11 11 | 4½ | | Guns 24 | 14 12 — | 1 9 11 | 16 5 11 | 4 | | 18 | 11 13 11 | 1 1 5 | 12 15 — | 4 | +--------------+------------+------------+--------------+---------+ | 68 | — — — | — — — | | | | For 42 | 26 — — | 2 7 — | 28 7 — | 4½ | |Carronades 32 | 21 10 — | 1 13 — | 23 7 — | 4 | | 24 | 14 5 — | 2 5 — | 16 10 — | 3½ | | 18 | 10 4 — | 1 2 — | 11 6 — | 3 | +--------------+------------+------------+--------------+---------+ |_Oblong_, for | | | | | |Mortars 10 | 36 7 5 | 35 10 — | 72 1 5 | 12 | | and 8 | 16 5 5 | 18 2 — | 34 7 5 | 10 | |How’rs. 5½ | 1 12 2 | 6 15 — | 8 11 3 | 6 | | 4⅖ | 1 0 6 | 3 11 7 | 4 11 13 | 4 | +--------------+------------+------------+--------------+---------+ NOTE. It being found at the siege of Quebec, that the quantity of powder requisite for throwing the carcasses into the town, always destroyed them, the method of filling the interval between the powder and carcass with turf was adopted; and found to preserve the carcass, and to produce every desired effect. _CARRONADES._—Their Weight and Dimensions.