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upper part and the Perpendicular windows, being of Transition 
Norman date and unique in its simple elegance. It remained 
now only to see the remains of the Guesten hall, consisting of an 
east wall pierced by two Decorated windows of most elegant design, 
and the Refectory whither the king’s school was removed in 
1641. After some little knocking at the door of the latter 
entrance was obtained, and the master courteously interrupted 
his duties to point out the mutilated sculptures only last 
year discovered on the east wall of the Refectory. These con- 
sisted of a very large figure of our Lord in a quatrefoil, with the 
symbols of the Evangelists at the four corners, and on either side 
two niches of later date. Canon Barry, before handing over the 
party to an official with instructions to show them the clock 
chamber, was cordially thanked by the Secretary in the name of 
the Club for his courteous guidance during the morning, and for 
the instruction they had received from his remarks. The clock, 
carillon machine (constructed to play 28 tunes), and the peculiar 
triangular-shaped trunion of the great tenor bell were the last 
things visited ; and the Rev. H. N. Ellacombe, one of the mem- 
bers, dwelt with justifiable pride on the recorded fact that his 
father, of bell celebrity and then eighty years of age, had been 
the first to toll the great bell single-handed, after the improved 
method of hanging had been adopted. 
Having left the Cathedral by the south door, a short walk took 
the members to the porcelain works of Messrs. Bins and Co. To 
those who had not seen the process before, the various steps by 
which the kaolin with its proper admixture of silica, carbon, &e. 
graduated from a creamy looking pulp into a dark coloured clay, and 
finally, when fresh from the kiln into a fine glazed porcelain, were 
very instructive. Every facility was afforded by the manager for 
the inspection of the different stages of the work, but perhaps 
the most interesting of all was the visit to the pattern room, 
where elegant designs were being painted on the china, by 
artists skilled in their particular department whether of bird or 
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