CHAPTER XII THE TRUCE AND THE PEACE—PRISON EVACUATED, 1802—FINALLY 239 CLEARED, 1814—DEMOLISHED, 1816 APPENDICES 257 INDEX 343 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE I.—THE BLOCK HOUSE, NORMAN CROSS BARRACKS, _Frontispiece_ 1809, WHERE PRISONERS OF WAR WERE CONFINED Drawn by Captain George Lloyd, 2nd West York Militia, 1809 PLATE II, FIG. 1.—THE WASHINGLEY PLAN OF THE DEPOT, 18 1797 TO 1803, EAST ELEVATION FIG. 2.—MR. HILL’S PLAN OF THE DEPOT, 1797 TO 1803, 18 WEST ELEVATION FIG. 3.—MAJOR KELLY’S PLAN OF THE DEPOT, 1800 TO 18 1805, (_a_) NORTH ELEVATION, (_b_) GROUND PLAN, AND (_c_) PICTORIAL PLAN FROM THE EAST FIG. 4.—BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF NORMAN CROSS BARRACKS AND 18 PRISON, EAST ELEVATION, EXECUTED BY LIEUT. E. MACGREGOR, 1813 PLATE III.—THE BLOCK HOUSE WHICH STOOD IN THE CENTRE 22 OF THE PRISON PLATE IV.—THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WALL 24 PLATE V.—THE INNER SIDE OF THE PRISON WALL AS IT NOW 26 STANDS PLATE VI.—THE HOUSE OF THE BARRACK MASTER, ENLARGED 30 IN 1816, NOW THE RESIDENCE OF J. A. HERBERT, ESQ., J.P. PLATE VII.—LODGE REMOVED FROM THE PRISON IN APRIL, 37 1816, AND RE-ERECTED AS COTTAGES IN ST. LEONARD STREET, PETERBOROUGH PLATE VIII, FIG. 1.—WOODEN TEA-CADDY RICHLY 46 DECORATED WITH “PAPER MOSAIC,” THE WORK OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AT THE FALMOUTH DEPOT. THE SPECIMEN IS IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS LILLEY PAULL, OF TRURO. FIG. 2. TEA-CADDY SIMILARLY DECORATED IN THE POSSESSION OF THE COUNTESS OF LINDSEY, UFFINGTON PARK (_v._ p. 133) PLATE IX.—EMBLEMATIC GROUP OF SEVEN FIGURES ARRANGED 94 IN THREE TIERS CARVED IN BONE (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE X.—MODEL OF GUILLOTINE: BONE WORK 102 (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XI.—WORK-BOX MADE BY THE FRENCH PRISONERS OF 126 WAR AT NORMAN CROSS (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XII.—PAIR OF FIRE SCREENS DECORATED IN STRAW 128 MARQUETRY (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XIII.—NORTH-WEST VIEW OF PETERBOROUGH 129 CATHEDRAL, EXECUTED IN STRAW MARQUETRY (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XIV.—ELABORATELY CARVED ORNAMENTAL DESIGN IN 130 BONE WORK, REPRESENTING A THEATRE, WITH FIGURES IN CARVED BONE ON THE STAGE, THE WORK OF THE NORMAN CROSS PRISONERS OF WAR (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XV.—DESK MADE FROM THE BONES OBTAINED FROM THE 131 COOK-HOUSE BY THE FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS (_Peterborough Museum_) PLATE XVI, FIG. 1.—MECHANICAL BONE WORK GROUP OF 132 MOVING FIGURES ON PLATFORM AND PEDESTAL. FIGS. 2 and 3.—GROUPS OF FLOWERS IN PAPER WORK (_Peterborough Museum_)