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Scarcely be hard enough to strike the Dockyard 700 Yards at light Angles to it's line. The citration

of the Dockyard is moreover 20 obvions and well known, that An Enemy desiring to thell it, would require no assistance to denote ito positioni.

11. _ The suggested positions of the 94 and 8th Guns may require Explanation. The former Swould appropriate to Brothers Island on the principle of placing the

best

keep

Jun

ame

in the best place to

Enemy at a distance,

the most advanced site; and never the less one not Easily surprised, nor tenable whilt Commanded by Signal Hill. The latter (the 8 wich) would be Valuable on Segrial Hill for the

Same".

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