. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . elled foot supports a cap, with four angels the interior are carved in relief two fishes, a shellfish,and an eel, and in the centre a flower. Similar carvingsoccur at Villefranche-le-Conflent—S. Jamess shells, aneel, and a fish, and two fishes facing each other. At Serge, Narbonne, at the bottomof one of the holy-water basins, a frogis carved ; these, I suppose, may betaken as little jokes of the carvers forthe most part, though the creaturesare all appropriately inhabitants ofwater.
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . elled foot supports a cap, with four angels the interior are carved in relief two fishes, a shellfish,and an eel, and in the centre a flower. Similar carvingsoccur at Villefranche-le-Conflent—S. Jamess shells, aneel, and a fish, and two fishes facing each other. At Serge, Narbonne, at the bottomof one of the holy-water basins, a frogis carved ; these, I suppose, may betaken as little jokes of the carvers forthe most part, though the creaturesare all appropriately inhabitants ofwater. At Cases de Pene a ruined castleon top of one of the barren-lookinghills forms an interesting object fora long time, continuing visible as theline follows the windings of thevalley. At Espira de IAgly the church hasa rather squat tower of yellowishstone, with an arcading of two, three,and two arches on the side, dividedby strings, the lowest the uppermost is pierced, the otherarcades are blind. This tower protected the westand north faces of the church. There is record of the. PLAN OF CHURCH,ESPIRA DE LaGLV. 222 QUILLAN TO PERPIGNAN consecration of a church here in 1130, but it appearsto have been rebuilt in 1211. The plan is curious,having two apses, a very short choir, and a nave of fivenearly square bays. The length is about 140 feet,the width between the piers about 27 feet. The heightto the vault is about 52 feet, and to the impost about35 feet. Along the wall longitudinal arcades springfrom the engaged columns of the piers. On the southare five windows and two oculi, as well as two doors,the smaller of which probably opened into the the east is a high window. The north, south, andeast fagades have facings of black and white marble,as has the great door, which M. Brutails considers tobe one of the finest in Roussillon. It bears consider-able resemblance to that at Corneilla-le-Confient. Pyrenees Orientales. On the borders of the province, a short
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