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DEAN MAHOMET
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ſince, made it the centre of an extenſive commerce; it has ſtill the remains of a very ſtrong fortreſs, in which, a few years back, was planted a cannon of ſuch extraordinary weight and dimenſions, that it fell into the river; with the entire bank on which it reſted; the length of the tube was fourteen feet, ten and a half inches and the diameter of the bore one foot, three and one eighth inches: it contained two hundred and thirty—four thouſand four hundred and thirteen cubic inches: of: wrought iron, weighed ſixty four thouſand four hundred and eighteen pounds. avoirdupoiſe, and-carried a ſhot of a four hundred and ſixty five pounds weight.
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