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commenced, but an additional grant was 

 made to cover the whole charge; and in the - 

 present day, as a residence for his Majesty's 

 representative, it is highly creditable to the 

 liberality and public spirit of the province: 

 Sir James Craig was the first who took posses- 

 sion of it. The part properly called the Cha- 

 teau occupies one side of the square, or court- 

 yard ; on the opposite side stands an extensive 

 building, divided among the various offices of 

 government both civil and mihtary, that are 

 under the immediate control of the governor ; 

 it contains also a handsome suite of apartments, 

 wherein the balls and other public entertain- 

 ments of the court are alwaj'^s given. During 

 the dilapidated state of the Chateau, this 

 building was occupied by the family of the 

 governors. Both the exterior and the interior 

 are in a very plain style ; it forms part of the 

 curtain that ran between the two exterior bas- 

 tions of the old fortress of St. Louis ; adjoining 

 it are several other buildings of smaller size, 

 appropriated to similar uses, a guard-house, 

 stables, and extensive riding-house. The for- 

 tress of St. Louis covered about four acres of 

 ground, and formed nearly a parallelogram ; 

 on the western side two strong bastions on each 

 angle were connected by a curtain, in the centre 

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