was still breathing, but the whole of his chest, on which he had been lying, was but a vast ulcer swarming with maggots. "How?" it will be asked, "can such a thing occur?" It may be explained in a few words. Every morning before the guard is changed a list of all the men who are punished is drawn up by the _Adjudant's_ clerk. In the columns standing opposite their names is written down the class of punishment which they are undergoing, with the number of days they have still to do, thus: +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Hommes punis (Men punished). | +-------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------+ | | | Nature des Punitions. | |Noms (Names).| Escadron | (Nature of Punishments.) | | |(squadron).+--------+--------+-------+-----------------+ | | |Consigne|Salle de|Prison.|Cellule (solitary| | | |(C.B). |Police. | |confinement). | +-------------+-----------+--------+--------+-------+-----------------+ |Martin | 3 | | | 6 | | |Piatte | 3 | | | 5 | | |Duval | 2 | | | | 3 | |Decle | 3 | | 12 | | | | &c. &c.| | | | | | +-------------+-----------+--------+--------+-------+-----------------+