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mice : again they fall to work with double keennefs, the 

 mole-holes vanifh, and a hard rock appears. This being 

 the lafl obftacle, they fall keenly upon the rock, and the 

 old monk chants till he is hoarfe with finging ; the heat 

 of the fun is exceuive ; no gold appears ; John Akay lofes 

 his patience, and afks when it may be feen ? The monks 

 lay the whole blame upon him, becaufe, they fay, he had 

 not enough of faith. They give over work; with one con- 

 fent fall to eating the cow, and then difperfe. 



Father Jerome, takes the opportunity of this difappoint- 

 ment to abufe the monks. He prefents the Baharnagafh 

 with two ounces of gold, and fome other trifles, inftead of 

 die treafure which he was to get in the mountain : he ob- 

 tains the requeft he came to folicit, and the patriarch and 

 fathers return to Addicota. 



Facilidas, informed of the afylum afforded to the Jefuits 

 who had fled from Fremona, applied to John Akay, promi- 

 iing him forgivennefs of what was pafl if he would deli- 

 ver the priefts under his protection. This John Akay de- 

 clined to do from motives of delicacy. It was breaking his 

 word to deliver his guefts into the hands of the king ; but, 

 by a very ftrange refinement, he agreed to fell them to the 

 Turks. Accordingly they were delivered for a fum to the 

 bafka of Mafuah, who received them with much greater 

 kindnefs than they had experienced in the Chriflian coun- 

 try from which they fled. 



Two Jefuits were purpofely left behind, with the confent 

 of John Akay, unknown to Facilidas, in fervent hopes that 

 fome occafion would foon offer of fuffering martyrdom for 



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