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 234 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. the walls of Exeter have no record in the stone. Except for the halberds carried by some guards there is not a weapon of any sort ; not a single piece of ordnance, no military operation of any kind. There is indeed a hint at the battle of the windmill ; at the extreme left-hand top corner is a tiny windmill on a round hill. Beyond the hill is a village ; in the foreground is a row of four gable-ends indicating a street : behind is a church with a steeple flanked by two trees and more houses. The village is cut oflF definitely on the right by a soaring tower of masonry formed of large blocks of dressed stone. It is so much larger in scale than the other buildings in the composition that it seems to be meant for a partition. In spite of the propinquity of the windmill the village is possibly Clyst St. Mary. This quiet little place was one of the chief centres of the " Commocion," as the rebellion was euphemistically called. Beyond the tower is the fortified city of Exeter. It is surrounded by a battlemented wall pierced by two gate houses. Inside the first is a building which suggests the Guildhall. It has a porch with doorway between two wings with gabled roofs ; each of these has two windows, one above the other. Behind is a large church, probably the Cathedral, flanked by two towers, one circular and one square, each with a spire ; behind the building is another spire which may perhaps belong to it. Just beyond is a building with a spire which seems to be the Chapter-house, while to the right is another church with two towers and spires which might be St. Mary Major's. Between the church and the city wall is a street with houses each side. •Of course, relatively to the Guildhall, the positions are wrong. Working still to the right we have another substantial gate house in the wall. This gives access to a round hill with a castle on the top, which we may call Rougemont. On the hill are some vague forms which, though somewhat damaged, are evidently sheep. There is another building with a spire just inside the gate ; this would be the chapel. Altogether there are eight spires in this section of the city, besides two in the village by the windmill. It may be objected that spires were by no means general in Exeter, and that their presence would rather point to a