116 C. R. Wilson — Topography of old Fort William. [No 2, 
meets on its south side an inner wall 3 ft. thick, parallel to the main 
west wall of the building, and atp' 1( it meets a similar wall 3 ft. 9 in. 
thick. The internal distance between the main west wall and the inner 
parallel wall at p is 10 ft. 3 in. ; the internal distance between the in- 
ner wall at p‘ and the next one at p' x is only 6 ft. 9 in. These inner 
walls doubtless served to support the grand staircase. The inner wall 
atp'j intersects the cross wallpp l and continues on the north side of it. 
I do not know the reason of this. The wall 0 2 p 2 B 2 is the wall which 
supported the columns of the cloister, or verandah, whioh ran round the 
inside of the quadrangle of the Governor’s House. It has been uncovered 
from p 2 to B 2 where it turns to run along the inside of the north-east 
wing. The wall 0 2 p 2 B 2 is 2 ft. 6 in. thick, with an offset of 6 in. at the 
points where it actually supported the pillars of the cloister. The distance 
between the pillars of the west cloister, from centre to centre, was 10 ft. 
6 in. Atp 3 , 4 ft. 6 in. fromp 2 , I found a piece of a small wall 1 ft. 6 in. 
thick. This wall contained the raised terrace on which the cloister stood. 
There is also at p 2 a wall p 2 p\ which bonds with the wall 1 l 2 p 2 0 2 , 
and which runs back towards, but does not meet, the east waif of the 
main building PV. The purpose served by this wall p 2 p’ 2 is not clear. 
Excavations were also made to find the north-west corner of tho 
factoiy (17), and the north-east wing (SBB 2 S 2 ). The north-west corner 
(17) was readily found. The walls here are 3 ft. 6 in. thick. From W 
the north wall of tho factory continues in a straight line for a distance 
of 50 ft. 3 in., outside measurement, to V. Here it is set back 3 ft. 6 in. 
From this point (Z7) the wall again runs on in a straight line for a 
distance of 18 ft. to T, where it is set back 4 ft. 9 in. {TB— 4 ft. 
9 in.), and thence continues as tho north wall of tho north-east wing 
(BSS 2 B 2 ). The wall WVUBS is throughout 3 ft. 6 in. thick. F, 
tho point where this wall is first set back, is the north-east corner of 
the main building, where the wall WV meets the wall VP. The 
second set-back occurs at the point where the wall TJT meets the 
wall TBB U which runs parallel to FP and forms the east wall of the 
staircase on this side of the building. Tho wall TBB is 3 ft. 6 in. thick 
and 36 ft. long. Wells s plan shows a kind of projection or porch 
VV’T'T against the wall TJT, but of this I found no trace. 
PS the main north wall of tho north-east wing is 3 ft. 6 in. thick 
and 01 ft. long. Parallel to it and of the same length are the walls 
B 1 S l , B 2 $ 2 . B 1 S 1 is the inner wall containing the apartments in the 
north-east wing of the Governor’s House. It is 3 ft. 0 in. thick, and is 
distant 21 ft. 9 in., internal measurement, from BS. The remains of 
the east wall of this wing, are completely buried beneath the 
Custom House. The smaller walls rr 1 (two feet thick) qc h , SSl (each 
