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orders. They are all ten feet high ; and the win- 

 dows of thefe roon:is, looking into the quadrangle, 

 and being grated inlide and outlide with iron, and 

 feven feet high from the floor of the rooms, afford 

 the prifoners no poflibility of looking out, or hav- 

 ing the leaft intercourfe with any other perfon. 

 The cells are airy, having only wooden fliutters to 

 the windows; and by a flip or wicket in the doors, 

 a thorough air is admitted, whereby they are always 

 free from any ill fcent. This is however with an 

 exception to one cell on the upper floor in each 

 wing, and to the infirmaries; for the windows of 

 ihcfe are glazed, and have cafemcnts to open oc- 

 tafionally ; being moflly kept for the ufe of women 

 having infant children with them, and for the weak 

 and convalefcent prifoners. But as the conftrudion 

 of this building would little anfwer the purpofe of 

 its erection, without a correfpondent management 

 and conducl in the interior government of it, good 

 care has been taken to enforce the rules, orders, and 

 regulations eftablilhed; and returns are regularly 

 made by the governor to the juftices at every 



quarter-fefiions. 



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The manufa£lory eflabliflied here at prefent is, 

 that of cutting logwood for the dyers at Norwich, 

 and beating, heckling, and fpinning hemp. i\\ 

 the labour of heckling, a tolerable workman will 



earn 



