The carronade is a gun comparatively short and light for its calibre.

A carronade throwing a thirty-two-pound shot weighs considerably less than a long-gun only throwing a twenty-four-pound shot.

It further differs from a long-gun, in working with a joint and bolt underneath, instead of the short arms or _trunnions_ at the sides.

Its _carriage_, likewise, is quite different from that of a long-gun, having a sort of sliding apparatus, something like an extension dining-table; the goose on it, however, is a tough one, and villainously stuffed with most indigestible dumplings.

Point-blank, the range of a carronade does not exceed one hundred and fifty yards, much less than the range of a long-gun.