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behalf, which were to be paid for from the con- 

 tents of the purse. The prior, admiring their 

 honesty, asked one of them to remain with him 

 as his servant, to which the man agreed. The 

 friar was in the habit of going into the country 

 to a friend's house to shoot. On one occasion, 

 after the Indian had served him for some time, 

 he lei't the convent, and took him on one of these 

 expeditions, but when they were about half way, 

 the friar discovered that he had forgotten his 

 powder-horn ; he gave the key of his trunk to 

 the Indian, and desired him to fetch the powder 

 whilst he proceeded. In vain he waited at his 

 friend's house for his servant, and on his return 

 to the convent in the evening he heard that he 

 was not there. He went immediately to his 

 cell, supposing that he had been robbed of all 

 his money, and whatever else the fellow could 

 carry off; but to his joy he discovered on ex- 

 amination, that the man had only taken the 

 powder-horn, two silver coins of about 4s. value 

 each, an old clerical gown, and a pair of worn- 

 out nankeen pantaloons. This story I had from 

 an intimate friend of the prior. 



One of the days of my stay at Seara we passed 

 upon the borders of a lake, which is between 

 two and three leagues distant from the town, 

 for the purpose of shooting. This lake was 

 nearly dry. The general feature of the country 

 about Seara is arid ; the captaincy produces no 



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