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CH. xix] FRANCE AQUITAINE 59s. Por-ears at the corners of a sarcophagus. S. PORCHAIRE in thei r chairei i i 1same city has a fine though incomplete tower at the westend. On the amusing capitals of the doorway the sculptorhas represented two animals, which for the benefit ofthose of us less conversant than himself with such fearfulwild-fowl he has considerately told us are lions. On theadjoining capital it is interestingto see the two birdsI/"*! 1-LL..USrpOI\CHAlREjPOITIERS.Fig. 85.probably meant for peacocks drinking from a vase, whichis a common Byzantine subject (z>. Fig. 85). The rest ofthe church has been re-builtS. SAVIN has besides its central lantern a Romanesquetower at the west end, surmounted by a splendid Gothicspire, and S. JUNIENhas the same in the centre of itssingular west front (Fig. 84), though the upper partis incomplete, and was intended probably to finish like