To prevent dragging the match cord on the wet ground, a linstock was often carried and used, it being a forked wood support inserted into the ground and used for holding the end of the match cord farthest removed from the matchlock.
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This was dangerous and made accurate shooting difficult from a moving ship, as the gun had to be fired from the side to avoid its recoil, and there was a noticeable delay between the application of the linstock and the gun firing.
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This was dangerous and made accurate shooting from a moving ship impossible as the gun had to be fired while standing to the side, to avoid its recoil, and there was a noticeable delay between the application of the linstock and the gun firing.
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A third ring, found before 1824 ( perhaps identical with a ring found in 1773 at Linstock castle in Carlisle ), has a magical inscription of a similar type, " ery . ri . uf . dol . yri . �ol . wles . te . pote . nol ."
