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The lazaret is a very large building*, with 
a square court in the middle, from which a 
wide flight of steps ascends to an open 
gallery running all round, and communicat¬ 
ing with the different apartments. The 
ground-floor is used for warehouses, fumi- 
gating-rooms, and other offices. With the 
exception of the doors and window-frames, 
I believe there is not a particle of wood 
about this building; the walls, floors, and 
roof of which are composed of a soft light- 
coloured stone, resembling Bath stone. The 
apartment allotted to my companion and 
myself is an immense dismal place, forty- 
three feet long, twenty-six broad, and about 
twenty high, with the roof supported upon 
arches. This room serves us for bed-room, 
dining-room, and drawing-room, but at pre¬ 
sent it has very much the appearance of a 
laundry , for we have been ordered to un- 
