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tlier, are performed by thofe who by the rules of 

 the prifon are indulged with a lefTer degree of re- 

 (Iriftion. The produce of the work is divided into 

 (hares, of which each prifoner has a fliare allotted 

 to hira, and placed to his account, to be paid him 

 at the time of his liberation; another fliare is allowed 

 to the keeper, to encourage him to be attentive to 

 this objeft; and the remainder is accounted for to 

 the county, and already defrays a very confiderable 

 proportion of the expences of the prifon. 



The books kept in this gaol are formed on the 

 befl: models which could be procured ; among them 

 the three, of which fpecimens are here given, are 

 the mofl: deferving of notice. 



The infirmaries are airy, with wafliing troughs 

 and water-clofets, and a communication to a feparatc 

 flat on the different fides of the roof, one for each 

 fex, for the benefit of convalefcents; there is a dif- 

 penfary between the two, for the convenience of the 

 furgeon; and a pew from each, opening into the 

 chapel, for the ufe of fuch fick prifoners as may be 

 able to attend divine fervice. 



Around the outfide of the boundary wall, is a fpa- 

 cious efplanade laid down to grafs; and on the north 

 fide, in the front of the lodge, a handfome flope to 

 the river, with trees planted on its banks. 



The plan liad the full approbation of the late ex- 

 cellent Mr. Howard; the expence has amounted 



to 



