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Mr. Paulin. punishment - hand labor. It takes the place of stone-carrying when stone cannot be got for breaking. The quantity measured in pieces are taken rand and the prisoners are fed from the boulder broken. 3 bushel a day could be broken by each man. The regulations are however 1/2. It comes in quality very much. The instructions are at-present to employ only men in the sick list with trivial complaints such as sore feet.
The hammers are rather heavy, heavier than those used in England. The number of men having hammers in their hands ...
... danger of blistered hands of intentional ...