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from the north-west, upon which is the dock- 

 yard, with large storehouses, and all the requisite 

 buildings belonging to such an establishment. 

 Upon this point there is a very powerful work 

 called Fort Tompkins, having within it a strong 

 block-house, two stories high ; on the land side 

 it is covered by a strong picketing, in which 

 there are embrasures; twenty guns are mounted, 

 besides two or three mortars, with a furnace for 

 heating shot. At the bottom of the harbour is 

 the village, that contains from sixty to seventy 

 houses, and to the southward of it a barrack 

 capable of accommodating two thousand men^ 

 and generally used for the marines belonging 

 to the fleet. On a point eastward of the har- 

 bour stands Fort Pi ke, a regular work, surrounded 

 by a ditch, in advance of which there is a strong 

 line of picketing; in the centre of the principal 

 work there is a block-house two stories high : this 

 fort is armed with twenty guns. About one 

 hundred yards from the village, and a little to the 

 westward of Fort Tompkins, is Smith's Canton- 

 ments or barrack, strongly built of logs, forming 

 a square with a block-house at each corner ; it 

 is loop-holed on every side, and capable of 

 making a powerful resistance : 2500 men may 

 be accommodated in it. A little further west- 

 ward another large fort presents itself, built of 

 earth, and strongly palisaded, having in the 

 centre of it a block-house one story high ; it 



