) , who supplied him with a great deal of lead foil from wine bottles ( well , you really ca n't blame general burgoyne if he 's taken to drink , in the circumstances , though my general impression is that everyone on both sides drinks like a fish all of the time , regardless of the military situation of the moment ) , has produced a miracle of engineering : a lead-lined coffin ( very necessary ) on detachable wheels ( also very necessary ; the thing must weigh close to a ton-your father says no , it 's only seven or eight hundredweight , but as he has n't tried to lift it , i do n't see how he would know ) .