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no idea who did it. Two bishops flanking the 

 composition are not so good. There are two 

 other altars in the church : the right-hand one 

 has some pleasing figures, not so the left-hand. 



In St. Joseph's Chapel, on the mule-road 

 between Saas-Grund and Saas-Fe, the St. 

 Joseph and the two children are rather nice. 

 In the churches and chapels which I looked 

 into between Saas and Stalden, I saw many 

 florid extravagant altar-pieces, but nothing that 

 impressed me favourably. 



In the parish church at Saas-Grund there 

 are two altar-pieces which deserve attention. 

 In the one over the main altar the arrangement 

 of the Last Supper in a deep recess half-way 

 up the composition is very pleasing and effec- 

 tive ; in that above the right-hand altar of the 

 two that stand in the body of the church there 

 are a number of round lunettes, about eight 

 inches in diameter, each containing a small 

 but spirited group of wooden figures. I have 

 lost my notes on these altar-pieces and can 

 only remember that the main one has been 

 restored, and now belongs to two different 



dates, the earlier date being, I should imagine, 



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