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The devices on the capitals on the south side are shown in the annexed 

 details, of which the three first represent the faces of the capital of the inner- 



most recessed arch, marked A on the ground-plan ; and the cut which follows, 

 which is copied from a drawing of Beranger's, presents the whole of this design 

 in a continuous line. 



It is a portion of this sculpture that Dr. Ledwich describes as exhibiting 

 " the head of a young man and a wolf; the long hair of the former elegantly 

 entwined with the tail of the latter." And he gravely adds, " There was a sin- 

 gular propriety in joining the tail of this animal with the young man's glibb, 

 to indicate the fondness of the one for the pursuit of the other." 



The capital to the column on pier B has been recently carried away, but its 

 design is shown in the following illustration from a drawing of Beranger's, 

 exhibiting in a continuous line the design on the two sides : 



Dr. Ledwich displays even more than his usual ingenuity in explaining the 

 subject of this sculpture : " A ravenous quadruped," he should have used the 



