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1893.] 0. R. Wilson — Topography of old Fort William. 
The plan given in PI. YII gives the combined results of the excava- 
tions made in 1883 and in 1891. It shows the existing buildings on the 
site and over them the old fort is drawn. The walls of the darkest tint 
are the walls discovered by me, those of a lighter tint are walls discovered 
by Mr. R. R. Bayne. The still lighter tint indicates walls whose posi- 
tion has not yet been verified. In indexing the plan for reference I have 
tried to follow a uniform system. 
I shall now describe the different portions of the fort which have 
been discovered in 1891, and I shall begin with 
The Governor’s “The Factorey” or “the Governor’s House in 
House in the Fort. t p e f or t ; ” w hich Hamilton describes is “ the 
best and most regular piece of architecture that I ever saw in India. I 
have dug up as much of the foundations of this “ Piece of Architecture ” 
as was possible without disturbing the existing buildings. I think it 
merits Hamilton’s praise. The walls were undoubtedly strong and well- 
built, the shape of the building is regular and suggests the quadrangle 
of a college. The main building (OPQWVT) faced the river. Its length 
north and south was 245 ft .« In the centre of this face was the great 
o-ate of the Governor’s House, and from it a colonade ran down to the 
south water gate of the fort and the principal landing stage. This was 
the way by which Governor Drake escaped to the ships in 1756. Enter- 
ing this gate and turning to your left you ascended the great flight of 
stairs which led, I conjecture, to the hall and the principal rooms. At 
right angles to the main building, and at each end of it, were wings run- 
ning back towards the east curtain. Thus these north-east and south- 
east* wings, together with the main building formed three sides of a rec- 
tangle having°a raised cloister or piazza running all along the three sides. 
In the centre, I imagine, was a green grass plat. The south-east wing 
contained the apartments of the governor, and the factors probably had 
rooms in different parts of the building. Almost the whole of the ground 
on which the main building stood is at present occupied with govern- 
ment godowns. A trench was, however, dug from east to west m the 
passage between the opium godowns and the import godowns, and this 
enabled me to determine the positions of the principal walls, which were 
uncovered at the places marked p p 1 p 2 . The wall p p 1 is one of the 
cross walls of the Governor’s House forming the north side of the grand 
staircase. It is three feet thick. At p it meets the west wall of the 
Governor’s House which is 3 ft. 9 in. thick, at Pl it meets the east wall 
of the principal building (PF) which is 4 ft. 6 in. thick. The internal 
distance between these two walls is .30 ft. 9 in. At p' the cross wall p Pl 
15 There are at least two or three views givon in olcl prints o£ the west face of 
this building. 
