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TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES I7

reverence by pilgrims, who visit the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré.

The tents in the foreground, nestling as it were he- neath the grim gray walls, which surround the Holy City, the remarkable light of the lurid sky, the flittering sha- dows cast over the country by the fast sinking sun, playing here and there over the fortification walls, over the roof of. the Jewish Temple, tumbling across the brown streets and then across the serried plains to the Mount of Olives beyond. The solemnity of the mysterious scene being enacted, is unfolded to one’s startled vision flashing with a majestic grandeur of beauty, almost next to impossible to describe in cold words, which hesitatingly rise to one’s fervid lips.

In the centre of the scene one beholds a figure repre- senting the Saviour, hanging on the Cross, the weeping Mother at the feet of Her Son, with Mary Magdalene con- soling Her; and standing near, with bowed heads, the Apostles mourn for their departed Lord and Master with St. Veronica and Joseph of Arimathaea. The soldiers of the Roman Legion, leaning on their spears, appear to be out of place in the surrounding sacred atmosphere. Almost forgotten on either side of the Crucified Saviour, stand out the crosses, with the two impaled thieves upon them.

Many visitors, who have seen the painting of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Paris, have acknow- ledged that this painting is Paul Philippotaux’s master- piece. The work for the execution of this picture lasted four years, besides the spending of one year’s studying and seeking at Jerusalem.

Having taken a last look at this famous painting, we returned to Quebec for luncheon at the Chateau Frontenac. Two hours later, cars, provided by the local entertainment