The leaders are laid in painted canvass hose made for the purpose.
FLINTS—are usually packed in half barrels.
| Weight. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qrs. | lbs. | ||||
| One half barrel contains |  | Musquet, | 2000 | 2 | 14 |
| Carbine, | 3000 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Pistol, | 4000 | 2 | 15 | ||
The most transparent and free from veins are esteemed the best flints.
| cwts. | qrs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 kegs of | musquet | flints | take | 18 | 0 | in tonnage |
| 10 kegs of | pistol | ” | ” | 3 | 2 | ” |
FORTIFICATION.—Practical Maxims in building Field Works.
1st. The spot on which works are to be constructed should determine their figure; nor should any attention be paid to preserve a regular form which does not occupy the ground to advantage.
2d. Every line must be so disposed, that the slope of hills all around even to the very bottom, be open to the small arms of the garrison; and every part should be discoverable to the distance of at least 500 paces.
3d. Works thrown up for the defence of a defile, should always be within musquet shot of it, which must not be more than 200 yards.
4th. The best defence in works that are flanked, or where one side is defended by the fire of another, is that formed by right angles.