Show cannon of solid rock when the island of malta was under tho the rule of the knights of st john they defended their fortifications with cannon bored in tho the living hying rock each I 1 one DUO ot of these strange weapons contained an entire intyre barrel of powder and as it was not possible to vary the alm aim ot of these cannon 60 50 were made ready facing Iv various arlous directions from which tho eamy t my might approach ben the fame of these arms arma of de tense became known to the world the idea was taken up of at transporting rocks to summits to serve the same purpose but it was soon recognized to be impracticable and the cannon of malta bored in solid rock have passed into history as the sole weapons of the kind ever known harpers Wee koly kaly |