DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 2^-3 



"ear to, is a tail almost exartly similar. This fmishes the 

 ..rnamentation of the eastern face. The side facing west is 

 quite filled up with a huge dragon or other fabulous animal 

 It has a large head, resembling that of a lion, two forelegs 

 and ta,I, which ,n proportion would be twelve or fourteen feet 

 long, and is looped round the hinder extremity of its body 

 There are no hind legs. 



It is really impossible to give a fuller or more lucid descrip- 

 tion, as It is much too quaint and grotesque to allow any 

 serious attempt at identification of the subject. Round the 

 base is a bold semi-circular moulding, while the whole stands 

 on a square block of stone. It is lead lined, and placed in 

 the centre of the nave. 



It should be remembered that these two curious fonts are 

 in a district which bounded a royal hunting forest in Norman 



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