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bend of the winding road opened up fresh, vistas of delightful 

 landscape. At St. Neot, interest centered in the village 

 church, which possesses such an unique wealth of mediaeval 

 stained-glass windows. Here, as elsewhere, the Eev. W. lago 

 gave the visitors the benefit of his knowledge, telling in turn the 

 story of each window. The vicar (the Eev. G-. E. Hermon) was 

 unable to be present. Beginning with the St. Neot window, put 

 in by the young men of St. Neot, Mr. lago gave an outline of 

 the life of the saint, who became a monk of Grlastonbury, and 

 afterwards settled at St. Neot. Previous to that the church was 

 dedicated to St. Guerrier. Medical benefits were supposed to be 

 within the power of this saint, and it was said that King Alfred, 

 who was a near relative of St. Neot, sought aid at the church, 

 which consequently afterwards grew in fame. The window is 

 dated 1528, and depicts St. Neot in various scenes connected 

 with his life, and the legend of his holy well near by. The next 

 window was put in by the young women of the parish (dated 

 1529), the next by the wives of the parish (dated 1530), others 

 by Ralph Harris, the Callawy and Tubbe families respectively. 

 These windows, depict a number of saints, many of them 

 Cornish patron saints, and the figures of the donors of the 

 windows in supplication beneath. The chancel window is in 

 modern glass, but it is a copy of a picture in the British 

 Museum, which is said to be the earliest Biblical illustration 

 extant, of the fifteenth century. It represents the last sujoper. 

 Other very interesting windows show scenes at the Creation, 

 and at the Flood. They are very ancient and most singular ; as 

 is also the window giving the history of St. Greorge. Several 

 windows were erected by members of the families of Borlase, 

 Martin, Mutton, Grylls. Descriptions of all the windows have 

 been published. Parts of some of the old windows, it was 

 mentioned, had been taken away or transposed, but the Eev. 

 Eichard Gerveys Grylls, a former vicar of the church, did much 

 to restore them, at a cost, it is said, of over £2,000. The shrine 

 of the patron saint attracted attention, and Mr. lago related the 

 story that the body of St. Neot was taken from this burial place 

 to St. Neot, in Huntingdonshire, and temporarily to other places, 

 but an arm was alleged to have been left here, as it was said, 

 to guard the church. After the interesting recital of the 

 Qurious legends attaching to the place and its patron saint, 



