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parts of the monument. They are indeed remarkable productions for the time of their execution, and in many respects are well worthy the study and imitation of artists of our own day."-R. Westmacott. The subjects in the spandrels, beginning on the south side, have been thus interpreted. The first, a female figure with an infant and attendants, represents the birth of the future bishop: in the three next spandrels are his confirmation (?),either his own education or his instruction of others,and, possibly, his first preferment. The shield, hung from a tree in this compartment, bears Az., a cross, or, between 4 bezants, no doubt his own arms. On the north side of the monument are- the bishop doing homage for his see-a procession with a cross-bearer, perhaps referring to the dedication of the cathedral, the bishop's death, and the presentation of his soul for judgment. Little or nothing is known of the life of Bishop Bridport. (See Part II.) It may be added that the sculptures both here and in the chapter-house must have been executed by artists who were contemporary with Niccola Pisano (born circ. 1200, died 1276).

XXXII. The south-east transept contains memorialwindows of stained glass for the officers and men of the 62nd or Wiltshire Regiment, who fell during the campaign of the Sutlej, 1845-46, and for those of the same regiment who fell in the Crimea. Both windows were the gift of surviving comrades. Here is also a tablet

for BOWLES the poet (a canon of Salisbury), who died in 1850; and two small ones, erected by him, for Hooker and Chillingworth, both prebendaries of this