a place encloſed for the lawyers and officers of the courts, jury boxes, and a bar for the priſoners. In this building all cauſes, civil and criminal, are tried; and all public buſineſs of the colony is there tranſacted by the Governor, Council, and Aſſembly of the iſland.
The public Secretary's, Regiſter's, and Provoſt Marſhal's offices, are two low ſtone buildings in the yard of the Court-houſe, and are covered with tiles. Theſe buildings are in no other reſpect remarkable, than being very badly contrived, and no ways adapted to the purpoſes for which they were intended; the tiles being frequently blown off in the hurricane ſeaſons, renders them damp, and an improper place for keeping public records.
The church is a large lofty building of wood, but it is at preſent much out of repair. It has a neat pulpit, reading deſk, and
