Near the entrance are two =paintings=: The Purification, and The Adoration of the Wise Men, by _Otto Venius_. In the southern aisle is a St. Theresa in Heaven by _A. de Vuez_; in the chapel of St Joseph: God sending his Son to save the World, by _Van Oost_; on the High Altar: Martyrdom of St. Andrew, by a local artist, _G. Descamps_; on either side of the choir, marble =busts= of St. Peter and St. Paul, by _Quellin_; in the northern aisle, the Annunciation, by _A. de Vuez_; in the Chapel of the Virgin, the Virgin giving the scapulary to one Simon Stock, by _Jean Van Oost_; a =silver Tabernacle= with bas-relief representing The Crucifixion, by the local goldsmith, _Baudoux_; an 18th century wrought-iron =railing=; 16th century sacerdotal =ornaments= from the Abbey of Loos. The _=pulpit= (photo p. 54)_ by _J.-B. Daneson_ of Valenciennes, dates from 1876. Its sounding-board represents a heavy curtain raised by an angel. [Illustration: THE PULPIT, CHURCH OF ST. ANDRÉ.] _Further on in the Rue Royale, after the Banque de France, in a small street on the right, is the Church of St. Catherine (photo below)._ Church of St. Catherine Like many Flemish churches, that of St. Catherine has no transept, and consists of three practically identical naves. Standing out from the façade, a large square tower, flanked at the corners by eight buttresses, supports the ancient timber-work =belfry=--one of the finest in the region. The bell-chamber is lighted by broken-arch bays. One of the heavy bells (1403) bears a curious =inscription= in rhymes. Below the tower is the great doorway. The exterior decoration is very sober in style. The right-hand side of the building is masked by houses. The left façade, between whose high mullioned windows are buttresses decorated with small ornamental arcades, has been restored in modern times. Belts of foliage run round the gutters of the roof. The carvings on the great and small doorways are modern. Inside the church are two rows of columns on moulded bases, the corbels of whose capitals are ornamented with foliage. The nerves of the vaulting are plaster. In the northern aisle is a =painting= by _Rubens_: The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, dating from about 1622; in the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes, on the left of the choir in a small niche, is a =statuette= of Our Lady of the Seven Afflictions, given by _Philippe le Bon_, in 1450, to the collegiate of St. Peter. In the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, to the right of the choir, is a small 15th century =funeral monument= in a niche. The =carved stalls= ornamented with statues are also noteworthy. [Illustration: CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE, _seen from the Rue Royale_.] _After visiting the church return to the Rue Royale_; at Nos. 1 and 3, =curious 17th century houses=. _At the end of the Rue Royale, take the Rue Esquermoise (which is the continuation, and which contains =18th century houses=_ at Nos. 83 and 101), _as far as the Grande Place_. FOURTH ITINERARY