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DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



like pellets, arranged in lines of four. The third row, count- 

 ing downwards from the top, is also filled with inverted foliage, 

 of a nondescript and undescribable character. 



Beneath this third row is a break in the stone of which the 

 font is constructed ; thus the complete font consists of two parts, 

 the bowl and half the .stem, which are carved upside down, and 



Fig. 5. — Ballidon. 



in the other part, the other half of the stem and the foot of 

 the pedestal, which are carved right way up. 



As shown in Fig. 5, on the left, the first panel is blank, the 

 second contains some square leaved foliage, the third likewise, 

 while the fourth has an object resembling a very attenuated 



