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Tlie above description, which, tedious as it is, ought to have been twice 

 as full, has taken up so much space that we must defer to the next part of 

 til is essay the consideration of the details and architectural ornaments of 

 the building, such as the construction of the loops and draw-bridges, the 

 ornaments of the hall, &c. which, with our general conclusions respecting 

 the date of the building, and an account of its present condition, will bring 

 this essay to a close. 



(To be continued.) 



LETTER FROM EXETER CHANGE.* 



Mr. Editor, 



Nobody can read your inestimable work, without being assured that you 

 would permit its extensive circulation to record the memory of departed 

 greatness. Both the life and death of those who have towered above the 

 level of their fellow-mortals, and been distinguished by peculiar gifts 

 whether of body or mind, must always be worthy of a place in your valuable 

 miscellany. Few of your numerous readers are ignorant of the loss which 

 the metropolis has sustained, in the much lamented departure of Mons. 

 E. Le Fant ; indeed it may be truly asserted, that the death of this well 

 known gentleman has occasioned a chasm in the circle of his friends, 

 which none who remain can ever hope to fill up. For the instruction then 

 of your readers, allow me to enter rather minutely into the circumstances 

 of his history. 



Mons. E. Le Fant, notwithstanding the Gallic sound of his name, re- 

 ceived his birth in India ; his family is one of the most ancient in that vast 

 country; now to ascertain its origin is impossible, but it may be truly 

 asserted, that its noble root has sent forth a trunk and branches which 

 rival the remotest genealogies of the West. Many of the ancestors of this 

 remarkable personage have been distinguished warriors ; if they have not 

 actually commanded armies, they have held the most conspicuous posts in 

 contests which have decided the fate of empires. If history is to be 

 credited, the progenitors of Mons. E. Le Fant have marched from the 

 banks of the Ganges to those of the Tiber, and have struck terror into the 

 hearts of the Romans themselves. The worthy subject of this memoir 

 possessed all the great and military qualities of his family, although the 

 peculiar circumstances of his life did not call them into exertion. The 

 qualities most remarkable in Mons. E. Le Fant were sagacity, confessedly 

 superior to his fellows, that mildness of behaviour which ever attends true 

 greatness, a gentleness and courtesy of manners which encouraged all to 



• The following letter will perhaps amuse Bomc of our readers ; it commemorates 

 the death of tiic celebrated Chuny, who it will be remembered was obliged \o be 

 shot in Exeter Change some time since. — Kd. 



