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and joined by a building in front:, containing a large 

 room, in which is placed a mill for cutting log- 

 wood, or any other wood for the ufe of dyers, and 

 beating hemp; together with a ftable, and llore- 

 rooms for lodging the materials ufed by the prifoners 

 in their work. The whole of thefe buildings forms 

 a quadrangle, inclofing an area or yard, of about 

 eighty feet by feventy; in which fome of the pri- 

 foners are allowed occafionally to take the air. 



In the two wings only (to both which there is a 

 pafTage from the governor's houfe) are the offenders 

 confined ; and in each of them, there are on the 

 ground floor feven feparate rooms, or cells, for the 

 men prifoners, of fourteen feet eight inches by feven 

 feet four inches, with a work-room of twenty feet 

 frx inches by ten feet. 



On the floor above, which is chiefly ufed for the 

 women and lefs dangerous prifoners, are, in each 

 wing, four feparate rooms or cells, of the fame di- 

 menfions with thofe below; with a work-room to 

 each wing, the fame as on the ground floor; together 

 with an infirmary of ten feet fix inches by fourteen 

 feet eight inches, and a fcullery, clofet, and nccef- 

 fary to each. The cells, both above and below, 

 are all arched, to prevent the pofiibility of fire, or 

 any probable communication of infcdious dif- 



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