Pawtucket gazette and chronicle

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nsnt (Ezekiel xvl. 00. CD. “He that

hath nn ear to hoar, let him hear.”

CHRONICLE.

TREE TRUNK CANNON.

/a-tdsrful Wooden Hide Wound Quna

of tho Antilles.

T*ie mention of wooden guns sug

•st* a company of boy soldiers com

landed by a captain who wears a tin

word. The revolutionary soldiers of

•’iibs, Haiti and’the Dominican Re

>ubiic, however, have from time to

.line made cannon from trees and ap

plied them to practical purposes. In

he Antilles there grows a peculiar tree

with a winding grain, so tenacious of

filler that to spilt It by ordinary means

is almost an imposslbilty.

When wanted for artillery purposes

the tree Is felled, a section some five

feet lu length and one foot In diameter

Is selected and cut, the bark is remov

ed. nnd uneven places on the surface

nre dressed down.

The embryo cannon Is then placed

an rude trusses and a bore burned In

it. a process that serves further still to

harden the wood. While the bore is

being burned green ox bides are cut

into long strips by beginning In the

renter nnd working toward the outer

edge as one would peel an apple.

When all Is In readiness one end of

this rawhide band, which Is about

iliree inches In width, is spiked to the

wooden cannon near the breech. A

lover or bar Is attached to the butt

Two or three negroes grasp the arms

ot the bar and slowly turn the hollow

ed log on its supports. The band of

green hide is kept under a strain, and

in this way the core of the cannon is

wound with one of the toughest ma

teriais. wire excepted, in the world.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Pawtucket gazette and chronicle. (1911). Pawtucket, R.I., 1911-07-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83021578/1911-07-14/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pawtucket gazette and chronicle, 1911-07-14.