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ends in the nave are carved in the usual fantastic style of Henry 
VII. period—here is a monkey at prayers, here a fox preaching 
to geese in the garb of a Bishop probably, with a mitre and 
crosier in his right hand with the crook turned outwards—cari- 
eatures whereby the ecclesiastical animus of the period was 
displayed. Two. monuments attracted attention, one a simple 
white marble slab, to the memory of the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, 
deceased, 1859, the other a sumptuous and obtrusive many- 
coloured mass of stone and plaster, erected to the memory of 
one John Somerset, 1663. A font of the Decorative period with 
quatrefoil bowl, and the fine Perpendicular western doorway with 
canopied niches on either hand, were noticed, and then the 
members wended their way up the Brent (steep) Knoll by the 
north-east corner of the Church, whence the best view of the 
fine tower and north aisle is obtained, forming a charming 
point for a sketch, but unfortunately not suitable as regards 
light for the photographer's art. Before leaving the churchyard 
the Archdeacon’s daughter brought some specimens of the wild 
flowers of the district—-the purple gromwell and the water violet 
(Hottonia) considered rare. Up the winding ascent to the 
north of the Church streamed the members; white umbrellas here 
and there, indicative of the great heat of the sun, were conspicuous. 
View upon view of the distant country gradually unfolded 
itself, until the whole grand panorama spread out at their feet 
when the members reached the summit. Here the Archdeacon 
pointed out the distant objects. The Quantocks and Blackdown 
hills in the hazy distance to the south, with the Polden hills and 
Mendips stretching away to the south-east and east, the middle 
distance filled in by the towns of Highbridge and Burnham, 
then to the right Minehead, the Severn sea, distant Welsh 
hills, Steep and Flat Holms to the north; and the background 
supported by Brean Down and the Western end of the 
Mendips ; the three monuments of Wellington, Pitt and Hood 
just discernible for those who knew where to look for them, 
