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arches, and hence I consider that e 2 i 2 is a segment of the second line 
of arches. The pillars of these arches are 13 ft. 8 in. distant from each 
other from centre to centre. For similar reasons I identify the line of 
arches e 1 f 1 f 1 g' 1 g 1 i 1 as segment of the first of the lines of arches 
within the south curtain. The line of arches e 1 f 1 is 19 ft. distant from 
the line of arches e 2 / 2 , hy internal measurement. From e 1 to f lt a 
distance of 42 ft. 9 in., it runs straight on parallel to e 2 / 2 . Then the 
whole line of arches is brought out 4 ft. 10 in. farther south 
Then again it continues to run parallel to the wall e 2 i 2 for 82 ft. 10 in. 
(f\g\) after which it returns to its old alignment Both as 
regards its distance from the wall e 2 i 2 , which I have argued is the 
second line of arches parallel to the curtain, and as regards the irregu- 
larity of its conformation, the line of arches e l f 1 f' 1 g\g 1 i 1 corresponds 
to the representation given in Wells’s plan of the first line of arches 
within the south curtain, and I think there can be no doubt that it is a 
segment of that line of arches. Near the south-west corner of the old 
waggon shed a wall ilc about 9 ft. thick projects in front of and parallel 
to the ai’ches ; another portion of it is hidden away in the old Post 
Office Store Godown. This is all that actually remains of the south 
curtain, but by opening up the ground in the yard of the Post Office 
I have been able to trace out its position and foundations. The original 
curtain wall was 3 ft. 2 in. thick. Within it, i. e., on its north side, 
there was built another wall which was intended to support and streng- 
then the curtain wall. This wall is irregularly constructed and varies 
in thickness. At first it is about 3 ft. 8 in. thick with a space of 6 in. 
left in some places between it and the curtain wall. At / it ends in a 
buttress about 2 ft. 4 in. thick. The south curtain wall is met on its 
south face by a wall about 2 ft. 2 in. broad, at a point h, 53 ft. distant 
from k where the curtain is now cut away. Tire 2 ft. 2 in. wall runs 
southwards and a little to the eastwards, for a distance of 24 ft. Then 
it turns off eastwards. This wall is the wall shown in Wells’s plan 
dividing the warehouses from the yard co. Its discovery in the position 
indicated for it in Wells’s plan places the identification of the south 
curtain wall beyond dispute. 
I have already pointed out one serious inaccuracy in Wells’s plan. 
He makes the east curtain inclined at an angle to the north and south 
alignment of the Governor’s House in the Fort, whereas they really are 
parallel to each other. I have now to call attention to another serious 
inaccuracy in Wells’s plan. I have shown that D a F 3 is the northern- 
most of the three lines of arches built inside the south curtain wall. Its 
distance from the centre of the east gate in 1G2 ft. whereas Wells makes 
it only 150 ft. 
