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2 ft. 9 in. thick) divide off the space between BS and B 1 S 1 . The 
internal distance between SS 1 and ss 1 is 13 ft. 6 in. ; between ss 1 and 
qq 1 it is 16 ft. 3 in. ; betwen qq 1 and n\ it is 13 ft. 6 in. ; between rr l 
and BB r it is 6 ft. B 2 8 2 is the foundation wall carrying the arches of 
the north cloister. It is 41 ft. distant, internal measurement, from BS , 16 
Where it directly supported the pillars of the cloister it is 4 ft. 6 in. 
thick, elsewhere it is 3 ft. 6 in. thick. 
Other excavations were made on the site of the south-east wing of 
the factory (LL 2 0 2 0), in which the governor’s apartments were situ- 
ated, and considerable remains of its walls were discovered. The east 
wall of this wing LL X L 2 was traced out, as also portions of the south 
main wall of the wing LO, the inner wall containing the apartments 
L 1 0 1 , and the wall carrying the pillars of the south cloister L Z L 2 . 
These walls are all 4 ft. thick. The distance of L 1 0 1 from LO is 17 ft. 
6 in. and that of L 2 0 2 from L 1 0 1 is 35 ft. At the corner of this wing 
17 ft. 6 in. south of L stood an isolated pillar 3 ft. square, L' . There 
is also a projecting chamber MNN'M' built out against the main wall 
LO, the walls of which are 3 ft. thick, LM measures 11 ft. 6 in. The 
chamber MNN’M' measures inside 18 ft. by 23 ft. The distance of L 
from the east curtain wall is 146 ft., that of S from the east curtain 
is 143 ft. : thus the north and south alignment of the Governor’s House 
is very nearly parallel to the east curtain. 
1 now pass on to speak of the south curtain wall and the arcades 
builfwithin it. This side of the fort was in 
The South Curtain all probability used for storing the Company’s 
goods. As originally constructed it had only 
two parallel lines of arches built along the inside of the curtain forming 
a double arcade and beyond these arcades, (i. e., on their north side) was 
an uncovered raised terrace 22 ft. broad. Afterwards a portion of this 
raised platform was covered in by a third arcade. It also seems to have 
been found necessary to strengthen the south curtain wall by building 
another wall against it to support it. Lastly, in 1741, export and 
import wall houses were built on outside the south curtain. Evidently 
this side of the fort was subject to a good deal of alteration, and for 
this reason, or it may be from a desire to make the fort appear more 
symmetrical than it really was, Wells’s plan comes far short of its usual 
accuracy. I have, accordingly, had some difficulty in determining the 
topography of this side of the fort, but my doubts nave all yielded to 
patient excavation. The key to their solution was the discovery of the 
third or innermost of the lines of arches parallel to the south curtain. 
16 This seems a little doubtful. The walls were very thick here, with a footing. 
