so 
stroying one half of the Town, in order to 
form any thing like a Glacis, Whenever 
the subject of Fortifications for the Island 
shall be taken into consideration, it is pre¬ 
sumed, a totally different mode from the 
present one must be adopted. In the 
Fort are barracks for the European Ar¬ 
tillery, the Arsenal, Magazine, and Mili¬ 
tary Store-houses, all of which are upon 
a very small and inadequate scale; the 
Magazine in particular is both too con¬ 
fined, and too much exposed. 
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THE SEA. 
The Sea, for some time past, has been 
making very alarming encroachments on 
the North face of the Fort, and along the 
Esplanade, and for upwards of a mile in 
that direction. The best mode of pre¬ 
venting its further progress appeal's to be, 
by throwing out Stone Piers, at regular 
