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The chapel at present occupied by the tomb is at one extremity of 

 the transept. The mausoleum itself was presented by a Grand-Duke of 

 Tuscany. It may be said to consist of three, stages besides the silver coffin 

 on the top. The lowest stage is of jasper, ornamented with figures of 

 cherubs of Carrara alabaster. The second stage is also of jasper, of various 

 colours, each of the four sides containing a bronze bas-relief, representing a 

 scene in Xavier's life. That on the west, i. e., at the feet of the 

 corpse, represents the saint baptising savages ; above it is the motto " ut 

 vitam habeant." The second bronze, on the side of the Church, represents 

 Xavier preaching, and is surmounted by the motto " Nox inimica fugat." 

 The third bronze, on the opposite side to this, represents Xavier fleeing 

 from the savages of the Island of Moro and bears the motto " Nihil horum 

 vereor." The fourth scene at the head of the coffin is that of Xavier's 

 death, and over it are the words " Major in occasu." 



Above this is the third stage, built of jasper and other stones of 

 various colours. On this rests the ornamented silver coffin with a ci'oss 

 beneath a rich crimson canopy surmounted by a coronet. The last time 

 that the coffin was opened and the body exhibited, was in 1859. The 

 exposition previous to this was in 1782. 



Going westward from the Church of the Bom Jesus we come to another 

 group of buildings, comprising the Nunnery of St. Monica, the Convent 

 and Church of St. John of God, the ruins of the Augustinian Church and 

 Convent and those of the Jesuit College of St. Roc. The Nunnery was 

 founded by Archbishop Menezes in the beginning of the 17th century. It is 

 still habitable though out of repair ; only one old nun is left. 



The storms of the Malabar coast have made sad havoc with the 

 Augustinian Monastery during the past 46 years, for Cottineau, writing 

 about 1827 describes it in admiring language. But this description no 

 longer applies ; the buildings are now in ruins, though a portion of the wall 

 and tower is still the most prominent object in Old Goa, and attests by its 

 loftiness the former grandeur of the fabric. 



Tavernier refers to a bitter dispute between the Augustinians and the 

 Jesuits, arising from the construction by the latter of a college close to the 

 convent of the Augustinians and much to their inconvenience. This Jesuit 

 building must have been the college of St. Roc, the site of which is near the 

 Augustinian convent though the building was in ruins even in Cottineau's 

 time. Near this, are the churches of St. Anthony and of the Rosary. 



We have now reached the western side of old Goa, v/here it joins the 

 suburb of Pannelly. Returning by the water's side towards the gateway 

 from which we started, we pass in succession the ruins of the Franciscan 

 College of St. Bonaventure, the Arsenal, and the site of the Aljuvar or 

 Archbishop's prison. There are a few old cannon in the Arsenal and two 



