. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. el to titcgreater, in the centre, cnlled the nare, in which rc5i>crt they <»» resemble the wintrs of .i hiiiMin^, erected on each side of thecentre. The n/Jtr inchules also the chancel. « CHURCH OF ST. GERMAINS. 43 Th« west front is an interesting specimen of Saxonarchitecture, having two lofty embattled towers, one ofwhich is octagonal,* the upper part of the other square,though they were originally alike. The north tower is nearlycovered with ivy. Between these towers i
. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. el to titcgreater, in the centre, cnlled the nare, in which rc5i>crt they <»» resemble the wintrs of .i hiiiMin^, erected on each side of thecentre. The n/Jtr inchules also the chancel. « CHURCH OF ST. GERMAINS. 43 Th« west front is an interesting specimen of Saxonarchitecture, having two lofty embattled towers, one ofwhich is octagonal,* the upper part of the other square,though they were originally alike. The north tower is nearlycovered with ivy. Between these towers is the principal entrance, which isa fine receding circular arch, twenty feet wide, supportedby four pillars on each side, which arc contained in semi-circular arches. The entrance door for the parishioners ison the south side of the building. The site of the ancient priory is now occupied by amodern mansion, the seat of lord Eliot, and a branch ofthe river Tidi is expanded into a fine lake before the northfront of the house. In the apartments are many finepictures. * Having eight sides. 44 FEBRUARY Is the second month in the year, and one of the mostunpleasant; as in this month the frozen waters and marshesbecome thawed or melted, and a mixture of cold and mois-ture prevails, which is by far the most unpleasant of wintrysensations. In this month the sun enters tlie zodiacal si;;nof Piscfs (or the fishes), which is typical of the clammydampness of the season. February derives its name from the Roman title of themonth Februariiui, which was itself taken from the I^tin-word fibriw, to purify; because at this time it was a customof the Romans (who copied the from the Greeks) tocelebrate certain rites of j>«n/ica/i(/;i, which, they imagined,cleansed them fmni all sin. FEBRUARY. 45 Numa, the second king of Rome, placed Febniary as thesecond month in the calendar, and dedicated it to Neptune,the fabulous god of the seas and waters. The Romans were accustomed
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