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penters, and so on ; and in the yards are stone** 
Gutters,' smiths, nailers, &c. &c. 
Excepting the ceils, which are at a remote 
part of the building, the prison has the ap~ 
pearance of a large manufactory. Good order 
and decency prevail throughout, and the eye of 
a spectator is never assailed by the sight of such 
ghastly and squalid figures as are continually to 
be met with in our prisons; so far, also, is a 
visitor from being insulted, that he is scarcely 
noticed as he passes through the different wards. 
The prisoners are forbidden to speak to each 
other without there is necessity ; they are also 
forbidden to laugh, or to sing, or to make the 
smallest (disturbance. An overseer attends 
continually to see that every one performs his 
work diligently; and in case of the smallest 
resistance to any of the regulations, the offender 
is immediately cast into a solitary cell, to sub* 
sist on bread and w ater, till he returns to a 
proper sense of his behaviour ; hut the dread 
all those have of this treatment, who have 
once experienced it, is such, that it is seldom 
found necessary to repeat it. The women 
are kept totally apart from the men, and are 
employed in a manner suitable to their sex. 
The labourers all eat together in one large 
apartment ; and regularly every Sunday there 
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is divine service, at which all attend. It is 
the duty of the chaplain to converse at times 
