[Illustration]
This quaint sculptured stone is now included with many other fragments,
evidently of some church, in a wall in Appleby, Westmorland. At first
one wonders how the dove--who has unfortunately lost her head--ever
managed to leave the ark either by the window or by the magnificent
iron-plated door, but this wonder gives place to amazement when one
notices the size of the patriarch's hand (seen through the window), and
commences to speculate on how he, his children, and the animals find
accommodation for their grand proportions in this small boat; the
problem of packing them would tax the ingenuity of a sardine-merchant.
Photo. sent in by Mr. A. S. Reid, Trinity College, Glenalmond.