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Trip from Angostura to the 



most of the missions have a still and gloomy aspect as they are 

 approached. Clay huts disposed in perfect regularity, all in 

 one cluster, with no tree to relieve the eye, and the tall church 

 lording it over the humble roofs, and placed at a marked and 

 formal distance, leave a melancholy impression of these mo- 

 nastic settlements. 



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Alta Gr^ci^, 



24 leagues from Upata . 



Alta Gracia consists of eleven rows, of eight houses, 

 each ranged in straight lines, on the slope of a high hill, 

 facing south v?ard. The church and monastery, or residence, 

 occupy the north side, and beyond are the garden and 

 well-peopled cemetery. We rode up, as usual, directly to the 

 residence. Not a living creature answered our call. All 

 around was solemn silence, except where a famished dog mut- 

 tered a growl at our intrusion. Made fast our horses, and pro- 

 ceeded to search the house ; and, at length, unkennelled two 

 boys, a sick officer left behind by Pigott in charge of his bag- 

 gage, and a lame soldier, almost the only tenants of a long 

 range of building. From them learnt that the Commandant 



