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the latter alone. The boy-companions of Derozio were, almost without exception, in after-life note-worthy men. Lawrence Augustus DeSouza has shown by his large-hearted, open-handed, benefactions to the Eurasian community, in his care for the widow and the orphan, and the struggling scholar, a kingly example of philanthropy and the wise use of wealth, which will embalm his name, a precious memory, in the hearts of Eurasians. W. Kirkpatrick was one of a band of earnest men, among whom were J. W. Ricketts, Robert J. Rose, Wale Byrne, Henry Andrews, R. H. Hollingberry, and others, who labored incessantly in after-life for the social, moral, religious and intellectual advancement of men of their own blood. Kirkpatrick, M. Crowe, R. Fenwick and other East Indians were the chief leader writers of the old East Indian, a newspaper planned, edited and successfully carried on by Derozio till his death. Kirkpatrick also edited and wrote for the Orient Pearl, an annual something after the style of the Republic of Letters, and which contains many articles that are interesting reading to this day. J. W. Ricketts contributed to the Orient Pearl, as well as other leading members of the community. Charles Pote, the "Eurasian Artist," another boy-companion of Derozio, whose portrait of Lord Metcalfe adorns the Town Hall of Calcutta, along with Derozio and David Hare, gave that impetus to enquiry among higher class Hindoos