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edifice : how Carileph founded it so early as 1093, but 

 did not finish more than one half of it, as we now see 

 it ; how the transepts, the greater part of the nave, the 

 Lady Chapel at the west end, and the Nine Altars at the 

 other, were the work of later days — how Flambard and 

 Pudsey laboured to extend and beautify; how the choir 

 was vaulted by Prior Hoton (1283), and the aisles by 

 Prior Algar earlier still (1 100-37), how the great west 

 doorway, with its medallions and grotesque devices, 

 was gifted by Bishop Rufus, and how the wonderful 

 Catherine window and the famous screen were added. 

 But these things can all be read in the guide-books, 

 especially in the cheap and handy guide-book of Mr. 

 J. H. Veitch in North Road, with full relay of facts 

 such as we need not dwell on, our business being 

 confined, as our space demands it should be, to giving 

 merely general impressions. 



We therefore turn down the South Bailey, with its 

 many quaint but powerful reminders of olden times, 

 and find our way to the river banks. There modern 

 improvement has indeed made a garden. The slopes 

 are umbrageous with trees of many kinds ; the walks, 

 well laid out, are liberally supplied with seats where 

 the. wanderer may rest and be thankful, and listen to 

 the birds sending forth as varied and sweet a concert 

 as could be heard in the deepest recesses of many 

 remote woods. The sense of quiet and retirement is 

 such as could not be realised in many cities. As you 

 sit and look up, you cannot but be struck by the 

 great height to which the Cathedral towers rise above 

 the level of the river; and, as the eye runs along, 

 following the lines of the castle heights, this is still 

 more impressed upon you; you feel that Durham is 

 in its own way unique. You may visit the University 



