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to 392 feet by 344, which will protract it to the 

 canal ; from the south-west side of the canal, 

 towards the St. Antoine suburbs, another square 

 or rather parallelogram will be made, 468 feet 

 by 180. The Champ deMars, from being very 

 circumscribed, and quite inadequate as a place 

 of military exercise, will be made level, and 

 carried on nearly to the canal, to form a space 

 2^7 yards by 114; this has been nearly com- 

 pleted, and it is now an excellent parade as 

 well as an agreeable promenade for the inha- 

 bitants : seats are fixed for the accommodation 

 of the public, and trees planted in various parts 

 of it. From this spot there is a fine view of the 

 well cultivated grounds, beautiful orchards, and 

 country houses towards the mountains. Ad- 

 joining the new college a lot of ground, 156 feet 

 by 258, is reserved as the site of a new house 

 of correction. The new market-place, occupy- 

 ing the ground where formerly stood the college, 

 founded by SieurCharron in 1719, and destroyed 

 by fire a few years back, has been finished ac- 

 cording to the proposed plan; it is 36 yards 

 wide, and reaches from Notre Dame-street to 

 St. Paul-street; in the middle of it are ranges 

 of stalls for butchers, covered in by a roof sup- 

 ported on wooden pillars: great care is taken 

 to enforce the regulations to eqsure cleanliness 

 in this part. The two principal market-days 



