The east window comprises--the Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca;
of Boaz and Ruth; and the Marriage at Cana: given by
Hamilton Cooke, Esq., of Carr House, Doncaster.

[Footnote 28: A font, the gift of Dean Spencer, in 1693, formerly
stood under the third arch on the south side of the Nave, but having
no accordance in style with the architecture of the building, it has
been removed, and placed in a newly erected church at Prickwillow,
near Ely.]

Adjoining this Transept on the east is the apsidal +Chapel of St.
Catharine+, for many years in ruins, but rebuilt in 1848, and the
floor laid in a combination of marble and encaustic tiles, with
borders of incised Portland stone, the incisions being filled with
coloured cement; the windows have been filled with stained glass by
Mr. Wilmshurst:

The east window, representing the Baptism of our Lord, by
John, after a picture by Bassans; given by the Rev. W.G.
Townley, of Upwell, Norfolk, as a memorial of his brother,
R.G. Townley, Esq., of Fulbourn, for several years one of
the representatives of the county in Parliament.

The subject of the other window is from the words of our
Lord, "Suffer little children to come unto me;" from a
picture by Overbeck: the gift of Canon Selwyn.

We now proceed on our course, and enter

+The Nave,+

which is of ample dimensions, being 203 feet in length; it has a
lighter appearance than many churches of Norman architecture, and may
be considered a late specimen of that style, having been finished
about 1174. The length originally comprised thirteen bays, one of
which has been included in the plan of the Octagon; there are no
single cylindrical columns as in many churches, but the pillars are
clustered and alternate in size and pattern; the arches appear to be
somewhat higher than semicircular, being stilted, or some little way
rectilinear before they take the circular bend. Those of the second
tier comprehend in each two smaller ones, supported by a much lighter
column; each compartment in the upper tier is divided into three small
arches, the middle one being larger and higher than that on either
side of it. Over the whole aisle on each side runs a broad gallery
usually called the "triforium," lighted by Perpendicular windows in
the outer wall; and above is the "clerestory," or "clear-story,"
affording a narrow passage in the thickness of the main wall, lighted
by the original Norman win