THE TOWER OF LONDON. 6l5 
pS'Rl Store House, the Small Armoiy, the Houses be- 
''tigiiig to the Officers of the Tower, Barracks for the 
^^'rison, and two Suttling Houses, commonly used by the 
*'jldicr.s of the Garrison. 
'I'he ^^'hile Tower is a large square building, situated in 
'i'e centre of the fortress. On the top are four watch-towers, 
'‘“te of which, at present, is used as an observatory. It 
f^'^nsists within of three lofty stories, beneath w'hicli are 
commodious vaults. In the first story are two grand 
^“‘>tns, one of which is a small armory for the sea-service, 
'' 11(1 contains various sorts of arms, curiously laid up, which 
^^'ould serve upwards of ten thousand seamen. In the 
!''l>er rooms, in clo.sets and presses, are abundance of war- 
‘‘ke tools and instruments of death. In the upper stories 
®te arras and armourers’ tools. The models of all uew- 
^Vented ergiiics of destruction, which have been presented 
government, are preserved in this tower. On the top is 
^ large cistern filled irom the Thames by a watei-engine, 
siipjjy the garrison with water. 
The grand Store House, which stands north of the White 
Tower, °is a plain building of brick and stone, 345 feet 
and 60 feet broad. The Jewel Office is a little to the 
*"st of the grand Store House. It is a dark arid strong 
**ono room. T he Horse Armory is a brick building, east- 
'^'ard of the While Tower. The Record Office is in the 
Wakefield 'Tower, opposite the platform. The rolls trom 
time of King John to the beginning of lliff reign ot 
Tichai-d III. are kept here in fifty-six wainscot presses, 
lliey contain the ancient tenures ot land in England, the 
“t'ginal laws and statutes, the rights of England to the do- 
‘'finion of the Briush .seas, the. forms of submission ot the 
^''ottish Kings, and a variety of other records, &c. 
J'bc principal entrance to the Tower is on tlie we.st. It 
'Consists of two gates on the outside ot the ditch ; a stone 
bridge built over the ditch, and a gate within the ditch. On 
right-hand, at llie we.st entrance, ine lions and other 
"'ild beasts and birds are kept in a yard. The dens are 
e(rnimod.ous, and are about twelve feet in tlieir whole 
being divided into an upper and lower apartinent. 
the former the animals live, and are shown in the day- 
'‘‘tti.' ; and in the latter they i^eep at night. They are w 
veiy hci^lthy j and it is remurksble, that those whicii 
