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knight, and moreover one of the devil's horns 

 has got knocked off. He is depicted as 

 retaliating by thrusting a torch into the eye 

 of the kniofht's destrier. Behind the knight 

 are three Red -cross brethren in full armour, 

 such as was worn by the Crusaders, with 

 shields on their arms and swords over their 

 right shoulders. The devil has for second a 

 single knight armed with a scimitar. Another 

 painting represents the hero of the three 

 pictures with a monster at his feet, supposed 

 to be a whale, and in his hand this time the 

 knight wields a scimitar in place of his good 

 sword. It was explained to us that the 

 pictures all represented the life and history of 

 Amuran or Job, and the three knights were 

 his three companions in arms, of whom the 

 principal was Osib. One of the pictures 

 looked to me a great deal more like the old 

 story of St. George and the dragon. No one 

 in the village knew whom the pictures were 



