Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...Key To The Plan. S Captain Cotgrave's House. T Agent's Office. U, Garden. V Doctor's House. W, Garden. X Stables. Y Reservoir. Z Barracks. 1 Mr. Carpenter's House. 2 Bakehouse. 5 Bell. 4 Miller's House. 5 Burial, ground. 6 Dead, house. 7 Military Walk. 8 Ramparts. 9 Iron Rails, inside of which prisoners are confined. 5 Streams of water running from the reservoir. 11 Tavistock Road. 12 Princetown Road. 15 Morton Road. 14 Prison where Mr. V. made his first entry on December 12, 1811, with the track. 15 Prison where Mr. V. lives now, and track of walk allowed. 16 Mr. V. has liberty to go as far as 5th Gale. 17 New latter wall, is a mile in circumference. (New Building). Cookeries. Cachot or Dungeon. Watch, houses. Basins. Petty Officers' Prison. Market, place. Hospital. Receiving, house. Pharmacy. Bathing, place. Matron's House. Washing, house. Storage. Store, houses. Storage. Jailor's Lodgings Lodge. Mr. Holmden's (Clerk) House. Mr. Bennet's House. Mr. Winkworth's House. of the circle thus enclosed was occupied by five huge barracks, each capable of holding more than 1,000 men, with their airing grounds and shelters for bad weather, their inner ends converging on a large open space, where was held the market. Each barrack.consisted of two floors, and above the top floor ran, the length of the building, a roof room, designed for use when the weather was too bad even for the outdoor shelters, but, as we shall see, appropriated for other purposes. On each floor, a treble tier of hammocks was slung upon cast-iron pillars. Each barrack had its own airing ground, supply of running water, and Black Hole. The other half-circle was occupied by two spacious blocks, one the hospital, the other the petty officers' prison, by the officials' quarters,