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 of which I sent you the original tracings made on the spot, and of which you have engraved the figures. These were all situate on the wall of the north aisle. The figures are above half life-size.

In Nos. 1 and 2 the cloak is of a red colour, and the collar blue. No. 3 has also a red cloak, and part of the dress is red; the figure of the angel (No. 4) is also shaded with light red, and the other colouring, except the flesh-tints, is made out with a brown shading.

Besides these figures, I traced a very elegant diaper pattern with a flowered margin, which appears to have covered a considerable wall-space; and I believe, from what I observed, that formerly the greater portion of the walls of this church were covered with similar decorations.

I am, my dear Sir,
 * Faithfully yours,

, April 11th, 1856.

,—I should be glad if I had the occasion to offer you any information available for your purpose, but I am afraid I can only tell you what you must already be aware of, that the saint with the anchor is St. Clement, pope and martyr: the anchor with the cross bar is a form more familiar to us, but the form with a ring only is by no means unusual: the triple-barred cross is also commonly assigned to the pope, and even to an archbishop, although the double-barred cross is more familiar to us. The saint probably has a tiara on his head, and there is a curved line on