The two arches at the back formed the lavatory, where the monks washed their hands before passing into the frater by the door on the left. ] More severe by far was the life of the Carthusians. They lived solitary lives, each in his separate two-roomed cell, never talking to others, and not even seeing others except at matins and vespers. A Carthusian never ate meat and always wore a hair shirt next his skin. It is therefore not surprising that this Order did not become a popular one. * * * * * So far we have been dealing with monks and nuns. Besides these there were the REGULAR CANONS—men who lived under a _regula_, or rule, as did the monks, and who took the same three vows, but who were generally priests, while the monks were generally laymen. The Augustinian Canons had priories at Bridlington, Haltemprice, Kirkham, North Ferriby and Warter, and there was a Gilbertine nunnery at Ellerton and a House for both Gilbertine Canons and Benedictine Nuns at Watton. Here the canons and nuns had each their separate domestic buildings, but they shared the church, the canons using one half of it and the nuns the other half. [Illustration: THE BAYLE GATE, BRIDLINGTON. Formerly one of the gateways to the Priory grounds. ] Quite distinct from monks and canons were the FRIARS. Monks were concerned with one thing only—the salvation of their own souls. Hence their monasteries were, as a rule, built in desolate spots, far removed from the centres of population. The churches of the canons were, in most cases, partly used as parish churches, the prior of the convent being also the rector of the parish. Friars were concerned with the salvation of the souls and bodies of other people, hence they established themselves in populous towns. _Fratres_, or _frères_, they were to all poor people, whether they were Dominican Friars, Franciscan Friars, Carmelite Friars, or Austin Friars. [Illustration: A WHITE FRIAR IN HIS STUDY. (_From Abbot Gasquet’s ‘English Monastic Life.’_) ] The followers of St. Dominic were the teachers, the followers of St. Francis the doctors, of the middle ages. _Black Friars_ and _Grey Friars_ they were in the language of the common people. Beverley had its Dominican and Franciscan Friaries, while Kingston-upon-Hull had its Carmelite and Austin Friaries—the names of the two latter remaining to-day in our ‘Whitefriargate’ and ‘Blackfriargate.’ * * * * * It is difficult for us to realise what enthusiasm there was in the olden days for that which was called ‘the religious life.’ ‘It is good for us to be here, for here a man lives more purely, falls more rarely, rests more safely, and dies more happily’ was the honest thought of each of the _religious_ in early days.