SIXTH DAY. 173 



Come let me show you the inside of 

 this pretty Church. 



The interior of the Church. SENEX and 

 JULIAN. 



Julian. This font is curious. What 

 is the meaning of those quaint armed 

 figures ? 



Senex. Antiquaries suppose them to repre- 

 sent the struggle between the good and the 

 evil principle ; but it is sometimes difficult 

 to interpret the symbolism of the period 

 to which this font belongs. 



J. There is the fish, which is, I believe, 

 the early Christian symbol. When was this 

 first used ? 



S. There can be, I think, little doubt 

 of its having been adopted in the earliest 

 days of Christianity. The Greek word 

 IX0Y2, as you know, signifies a fish, and 

 I have sometimes seen these letters en- 



