In the right corner, behind the door, were a couple of narrow semi-circular shelves, containing a wooden salt-cellar full of ancient salt, protected from the air and dust by a brown paper lid, through which a piece of knotted string was passed to serve as a knob.

The walls were whitewashed, and hanging against them were a pair of printed cards, which on examination I found to be the dietary scale and the rules and regulations.

The floor was black and shiny.

It was probably concreted, and I discovered the next day that it was blackleaded and polished.

Finally I detected an iron ring in each wall, facing each other, about two feet from the ground.