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~fl()t', the most delicate. Every one lS made to work. They are nowspirming cotton;Men may use their respective handicrafts':-nereisa carpenter's shop, a tailor's, even locksmiths! A man learns tb spincotton in six weeks. AlI the prisoners areclothed, too, in the manu.facture orthe' pl4ce. The:tmmber of the confined has amounted toeight hundredand fifty.; ;;. '1~héJ:lumber ofsick is about eighty~ The~ain ofa prisoner atlabour isabont forty sous a week; or seven'sonsa.day; out of which he lS aHowed one halfto expend atwill. "lkresidueaccumulates, and 18 given them at coming out ofJaiI, that wantofelnploy may not re-stimulate tbem to crime. W ~()nen was formerlymanufarttured'Jhere·fal' the'J.ievanttrade; but at present the loomsarenot in Jwork... In case oficontuniacy, shouhla pri.soner refuseto'work,heisput incioseconnnemant: then'cotton 18 put before.hiilitobeat;and heis told, " Work, and you 8hallchn1e out~)J The worst dispositian$farely hold outlong; and none have everbeen found unconquerable:yefthey have had themof severaI, indeed most nations:-'aU havebeenbrought by this method to work. There are various yards in thebuilding, respectively appropriated. Very few sentinels. Much of theoffi·cesand ·duties· of the prison is done by prisoners.One is nowpost­Îllg accounts in the bureau. They aH uncover and remain standingand silentwhen an inspector or strangers enter. The expense of a hundredand fiftythonsand francs per annum is paid by eightdepartments,ail which send their prisoners hither. Sorne are detaiued for twentyyèars; one for life. The maintenance of a prisouer last year ,vas ratedat six sous and a half. pèr day (tluee pence farthing). This yearitamounts to eight sous (four pence). They have meat on Sundays(cheap andsparing of course): on oUter days broth thickened with lard,sheep's insides, vegetables, &c. varying as much as possible.2E2A pound