Footnotes:

[91] The following are the dimensions of the church, in French measure, according to Béziers.

FEET.
Height of the central tower224
Ditto of the two western ditto230
Length of the interior of the church 296
Width of ditto76
Height of ditto76
Length of the nave140
Width of ditto38
Ditto of side-aisles17
Ditto of chapels15
Length of the transepts113
Width of ditto33
Length of the choir118
Width of ditto36

[92] A new St. Lupus is now wanted for the see; for wolves are by no means extinct in the neighborhood of Bayeux. We saw a tame one, kept near the cathedral, which had been taken in the woods, about a year ago, when it was quite young. Wild boars are likewise found in considerable numbers, and the breed is encouraged for the purposes of hunting.

[93] In its origin, the Baiocco of Naples seems to have been the two-penny piece of Bayeux, its denomination being abbreviated from the last word in the legend. It has been supposed that the coin was struck and named by lusty Joan, as a token of her affection towards a Frisick warrier, who, in his own country, was called the Boynke, or the Squire; but we think that our etymology is the most natural one.


LETTER XXIX.

CHURCH AND CASTLE OF CREULLY--FALAISE--CASTLE--CHURCHES-FAIR OF GUIBRAY.