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beneath the windows of the old Presidents' Lodgings, we have effigies of the Lion,—Courage and Vigilance; the Pelican,—Parental tenderness and affection, to express the character of a good head of a College. Under the windows of the Library are those of Schoolmaster, Lawyer, Physician, and Divine, representing the duties of the Student, and that by learning alone in general he can climb to any of the learned professions. While the figure in the corner in Cap and Bells, hint that otherwise they will turn out fools in the end. On the North Side is the history of David's conquest over the Lion and Goliath, as typical of our being discouraged by difficulties. The Hippopotamus bearing on its back its young, to portray the character of a careful Tutor or Fellow of College. Then comes the figure of Temperance as a necessary virtue to a Collegiate life. The figures following the preceding are Gluttony and Drunkeness, and the remaining Virtue's contrary Vices in the following order,—~the Lucanthropes, Hyena, Panther and Griffin, typical of violence, fraud, treachery, and covetousness; next Anger; then those of the Dragon, Dog, and Deer, as the types of flattery, envy, and fear; the last three figures being respectively the Mantichora, the Boxers, and the Lamia, representing pride, contention, and lust.
NOTE TO "CHRIST CHURCH," p. 27.
aThe late Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B.
UPSTONE AND DOE, PRINTERS, OXFORD.
