smooth, and will look very well, and may be seen at a great distance. The monument is built on the battle-ground of Bunker Hill, that all those who see it may remember how many brave Americans were killed there fighting against the British for the liberty of this country. There is another hill in this town called Winter Hill. It was on this hill that the British General Burgoyne and all his army were encamped, after they were taken prisoners of war by the American General Gates at Saratoga in New-York.

The McLean Asylum for the Insane, which is a part of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and has several handsome buildings belonging to it, is situated in Charlestown on a beautiful piece of land rising up from the bank of Charles River. In this Asylum there lives a skilful and benevolent physician, who takes care of people who have lost their reason. If any person loses his reason or becomes crazy, he may go to the Asylum for the Insane and have excellent care taken of him till he gets well, if he can be cured.

Bunker Hill? Of what it built? Why is it built on the battle.ground? What other hill is there in Charlestown? What is said of it?

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What is said of the buildings and situation of the McLean Asylum for the Insane? Who lives in the Asylum? what purpose was it built?

The Massachusetts State Prison, also, is in Charlestown. This is a very strong place, made to confine criminals in. If wicked men commit any offence, such as stealing, burning houses, or passing counterfeit money, they are sentenced to be confined in the state prison for a longer or shorter time, according to their offence. The prison is enclosed by a high wall, so high that no man can get over it without a ladder. The walls of the prison yard are thick enough for a man to walk on the top. Sentinels are placed on the walls with loaded guns in their hands, and if a prisoner should attempt to escape, they would shoot him in an instant. There are nearly three hundred wicked men confined in this prison for their crimes. In the day-time they are compelled to work hard either in hammering stone, making shoes, or some other employment, and at night they are all locked up, each one by himself, in a dark stone cell. The labor of the convicts dur

Where is the Massachusetts State Prison? What is this prison for? What people are confined in the prison? What encloses the prison? How are the criminals kept from getting over the walls of the yard? How many prisoners are there confined here? How are the criminals employed in the daytime? How are they disposed of at night? What pays the expenses of the prison?

ing the day-time is nearly sufficient to pay all the expenses of the prison.

The United States' Navy Yard at Charlestown is surrounded by a high stone-wall laid in mortar. Within the navy yard are several store-houses, where arms and every thing suitable for fitting out ships of war are kept. Within this yard also are three buildings in which the largest ships may be built and kept covered from the weather. There is now building at Charlestown a Dry Dock, which, when finished, will cost the United States five or six hundred thousand dollars. When vessels become old and need repairing, they may be put into a dry dock and repaired with less trouble and more safety than they could be by any other means.

The Middlesex Canal joins the water of the sea at Charlestown, and a great many boats, loaded with wood and such things as farmers raise in the country, come down the canal and are unloaded there. There is a great deal of business done in the town, and to accommodate those who wish to travel or carry goods to other

How is the United States' Navy Yard enclosed? What does it contain? What will the dry dock cost when it is finished? What may it be used for?

Where does the Middlesex Canal join the water of the sea? What is carried on the canal? How is Charlestown connected