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 128 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL demi-angel bears a shield with initials M and J, for Mary and Jesus. E. window of each aisle has flamboyant tracery, a clear proof of French in- fluence. Embattled porch closely resembles that of St. Buryan. Windows to E. of porch has notable hood-mould terminals. The one has letter J for Our Lord, surrounded by 5 small bosses for the Wounds; the other has M for the Blessed Virgin, with 7 bosses for her Dolours. Perfect rood-stairs in both N. and S. walls. Various remnants of base and other portions of rood-screen, as well as bench- ends, disappeared during Mr. St. Aubyn's unhappy restoration of 1866, when church was furnished with varnished deal sittings and roofs. A fine piece of richly carved base of old screen now serves as front of altar-table in mission chapel of Kely- nack in this parish (see Bond and Camm's Rood- screens, plate 127). The disfigurement of this church by stripping off plaster from interior walls (see Introduction) was one of the worst of many sins of that nature achieved in the county under the fond plea of u restoration." A whole series of most interesting wall-paintings were destroyed ; two only remain, and they are in sad condition, namely, Christ blessing Trades, and St. George and the Dragon ; four plates of these pictures appeared in vol. i. R.I.C. As usual with Cornish churches of this period, whilst outer walls are encased in great blocks of granite, interior is lined with small rubble stones of every conceivable shape. The wiseacres