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LAUNCESTON.

in decaye." The hospital and the chapel probably stood not far from the foot of that bridge, on the St. Stephen's side of the water, and near to the "Fayre Park;" but no portion of the walls remains.

We trust that the old superstitious legend, "If you touch a stone of the Hospital you will catch the leprosy," was never verified.