338 J. G. BOURINOT 



" Buildings mcd as Lodgings : 



"The quarters of the commisaary, facin;^ the qua}', are enclosed in a space of 33 toises 4 ft. 6 in. in length aud 

 of 13 toises 5 ft. in width, and are covered with shingles. This building is not large enough for all the oliices con- 

 nected therewith. 



" The quartens of the engineer, standing behind the storehouse for pi'ovif^ions. take up a space of 27 toises 1 ft. 

 6 in. in length and ]t> toises 4 ft. 4 in. in width. Tliis establishment, composed of a ground floor of one story under 

 the garret, of a court, a backyard, a stalde, a pigeon-house aud a garden, has many advantages. 



" The house of the executioner, behind the guardLouse of the Queen's gate, is built entirely of wood, with a 

 length of 24 ft. 6 in. and a width of 13 ft. (i in. This place is vacant in the absence of an executioner. 



" The hospital takes up considerable space ; its several Ijuildings contain four balls, two above and two below, 

 and seventy-four beds for as many sick. The establishment connecte<l with this hospital is considerable ; apart 

 from the four halls, there are buildings for the accommodation of the Fathers of Charily and of the staff generally. 



" Gmtrdhouscs ; 



"There are in this place nine isolated buildings used as guardhouses, viz. : 



" The two guardhouses of the Queen's gate, one to the right and the other to the left, built in masonry, 30 ft. 

 in length and 20 in width, with a gallery of G ft. wide in front, and covered with slate. 



"That on the right is divided into two equal parts, the one for the officer and the other as a storeroom for the 

 Bujjplies of the post. 



"That on the left is also divided into two parts; iu one, 20 ft. in length, are the soldiers, in the other are the 

 latrines. 



" The guardhouse of the Place d'Armes, in the covered way of the entrance of the King's bastion, is built of 

 masonry, 34 ft. 4 in. in length and 20 ft. 3 in. in width, with a galleiy of ft. wide in front. It is covered witli 

 shingles, and divided into two parts, of which one, 9 ft. in. iu length, is used by the otlicers, and the other, 20 ft. 

 long, by the soidieis. 



" The guardhouse on the platform of the Dauphin bastion is 48 ft. in length and 2!i in width, built of masonry, 

 covered with shingles, and divided into two parts, of which one is for the soldiers aud the other for the officer. 



" The guardhouse at tlie right of the Dauphin gate is built of masonry, 16 ft. 6 in. in length by 15 ft. in width, 

 aud is covered with shingles. 



" The guardhouse of the soldiers at the same gate, between the side face of the Cavalier or inner bastion and 

 the rear of the surrounding wall, is constructed of masonry, 22 ft. 3 iu. iu length and 10 ft. 6 in. in width, and 

 covered with shingles. 



" The guardhouse of the Battery do la < ircve, on tlie flank of the left face of the work in question, is built of 

 masonry, 24 ft. in length and 22 ft. iu width, with a large gallery of 9 ft. in the front, covered with shingles, and 

 divided into two parts, one for the ollicer anil the other for the soldiers, each of 24 ft. 10 in. In the rear, and 

 running the length of the guardhouse is a wooden lean-to, S ft. in length, used as a storehouse for coal for heating 

 the post. 



"Two guardhouses at the Maurepas gate, one on the right and the other on the left, are Ijuilt of masonry, 22 ft. 

 II in. in length and 20 ft. 10 iu. iu width, with a gallery of G in. wide in front, and covered with shingles. The one 

 on the right is divided into two parts; one of LS ft. in width is for the use of tlie ollicer, and the other, of 7 ft., 

 serves as a storeroom for the supplies of the |iost. At the rear there is also a lean-to of 2 1 ft. in length and 8 ft. 2 in. 

 in width, built of wood, and used for the same purpose as the preceding. 



" The other guard house on the left is sot apart for the soldiers. 



" Powder Magasines, Armoury, and other Bmldiiigs Used hg the AriUUry: 



" The powder magazine iu the Dauphin bastion lias 30 feet G iu. of length, and 34 ft. 8 in. of width, is built of 

 masonry, with a bonib-|iroof vault, covered with shingles, and can hold 30,000 lbs. of powder by piling uji tlie 

 barrels as far as the vault allows, as is the case at present. 



" The powder liouse on the platform of the Brouillan bastion was built by the English with brick of a half infli 

 thickness, and covered with shingles. It is 4.5 ft. in length and 28 ft. 4 in. in width, surrounded by pallisades set 

 at 12 ft. distance from its wails. It contains actually 98,000 lbs. of powder. The weak construction of this building 

 has always made it dangerous. 



" The armoury of 11 toises in length stands iu the building numbered 41 on the plan and was built entirely of 

 wood by the Englisli, with 10 toises 3 ft- in. in length and 5 toises ft. G in. in width. It is furnished with ibur 

 rows of arm racks, in which there are at present 4,018 guns. 



" A shed standing opposite the building just named is built entirely of masonry, with a length of 28 toisosand 

 a width of 4 toises 8 in. It is covered with slate and is used to store gun carriages, platforms aud such materials. 

 Room has been made in this building lor the forgo and gunsmith. 



" Oilier Buildings: 



" At the foot of the interior slope at the angle of the Hank of the Grave battery is a covered place (couvert) 

 built entirely of wooil, 21 feot in length and 12 in width. 



" A similar covered building, at the angle of tho left Hank of the Maurepas bastion, is built entirely of wood, 

 13 ft. 9 in. in length and 7 ft. in. in width. 



" Anotlier building like the preceding is placed at the angle of the Hank of the Brouillan hastion and is 12 ft. 

 4 in. in length and (i ft. in width. 



" At the angle of the tlank of the Princess's bastion is a small covered jilace for the uso of the stalf of the bat- 

 tery ; it is raised to the height of the parapet of the right side of the bastion, for the purpose of exercising the 

 gunners. 



" Above the arch of the passage-way of the Queen's gate is a small building of 12 ft. 7 in. :n length and 11 ft. 

 10 in. in width, built of masonry, aud covered with slate. This Iniilding [adds the writer of tho report] is not of 

 any use at present; it has been intended as much to protect part of the arch of the gate's passage-way as to serve 

 for munitions of war, and otherwise a'fsist in tho defence of this point. 



" In. the middle of the curtain between the Queen's aud King's bastions is another building, over the arch of 



