Le guide standard de StAugustine et fort MarionPractical informations pour les touristes, les descriptions de tous les points d'intérêt; et un résumé historique . PLAN DE FORT MARION. I, pont du babacan au glacis. 2, escalier de barbacan. 3, pont au-dessus de la moat. 4, sally-port.5, hall. 6, salle de cuisson. 7, 8, chambres sombres. 7 (gauche), garde la pièce. 6 pieds carrés), salle des officiers. 9, chambre sombre antérieure. 10, 10, casemates. 11, casemate. 12, chambre intérieure sombre. 14, résistant à la bombe. 15,chapelle. 16, chambre sombre. 10 A, salle des trésoriers, icx, casemate à partir de laquelle Coacoochee échappedB, bastion. W, tour-montre. VF^.>!^fsiiss^Oui^:^Vii

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The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . PLAN OF FORT MARION. I, bridge from barbacan to glacis. 2, stairway of barbacan. 3, bridge over moat. 4, sally-port.5, hall. 6, bake room. 7, 8, dark rooms. 7 (left), guards room. 6 deft), officers room. 9, in-terior dark room. 10, 10, casemates. 11, casemate. 12, interior dark room. 14, bomb proof. 15, chapel. 16, dark room. 10a, treasurers room, icx, casemate from which Coacoochee escapedB, bastion. W, watch-tower. vf^.>!^fsiiss^yeS^:^Vii!S::»iTrll?g:<-3ffS^P?t. J FORT MARION —A CASEMATE DOOR. 36 TJic Standard Guide. back into a dark chamber 12 , off from which a narrow passageleads through a wall 5 feet deep into a space 5 feet wide; andfrom this a low aperture 2 feet square gives access through anotherwall 5 feet deep, into an innermost tomb-like chamber 14 whichis 19^2 feet long, 13^3 feet broad, and 8 feet high. The archedroof is of solid masonry. This dungeon-like room has no otheroutlet than the single low aperture. It was probably designed fora powder magazine or a bomb-proof. When the fort was in perfectrepair the chamber may have been dry and fit for use as a safedeposit for explosives, but afterward, when the water from abovepercolated through the coquina, this bomb-proof or powder maga-zine must have become damp and unwholesome. For this reason itwas no longer used except as a place to throw rubbish into. Thenit bred fevers; and finally, as a sanitary measure, the Spaniardswalled it up. The entrance from the outer or middle room

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