LIFE IN ENTRE RIOS, MINAS GERAES. 165 



jects, and I pointed out to him many passages, all of 

 which he read aloud, and was very much interested in the 

 Revelation to St. John a book he had never heard of. Of 

 course, his mind was very crude, and my theological Portu- 

 guese none of the best ; but by pointing out passages he 

 understood something, and said he would study the Book 

 carefully. 



I told him that, of course, he would not understand it 

 all, that the Pope himself could not do that ; but that he 

 would, at least, in the Gospels and in the Acts, learn a great 

 deal of the history of the founders of the Catholic faith 

 that he did not know ; and then, turning to St. John xiv. to 

 xvii., the last discourse and prayer of our Lord, I told him 

 he would there read more of the actual words our Saviour 

 spoke than perhaps he had ever heard. He would, I 

 believe, have gone on all night ; but I thought it best not to 

 over-instruct, and turned down a few pages for his special 

 consideration. 



He took away with him five Gospels of S. John to dis- 

 tribute ; so perhaps this most disagreeable visit may be 

 productive of some good, though I may never hear of it in 

 this world. 



So passed Good Friday in Minas Geraes. At Rio de 

 Janeiro the Emperor commuted the sentences of eighteen 

 criminals. 



April 12, Easter Even. This afternoon I went after 

 insects, but the weather was so windy and cold that I was 

 not successful. In the evening was the " Procissao do 

 Triumpho," but as I was engaged dining with our chief I 

 did not see it. 



April 13, Easter Day. This morning, at three, there 

 was Mass at the church ; the whole of my guests were 

 present, the church was crowded, and the service was quiet, 



