CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. IxXV 



the street of the Propaganda during the months 

 of May and June. 



After the benediction by the sovereign pontiff 

 from the portico of St. Peter's has given the 

 world to understand that all the ceremonies of 

 holy week are over, the strangers take their de- 

 parture from Rome with a precipitation as though 

 the pestilence had shown itself within her walls. 

 We, however, determined to prolong our stay, 

 wishing to be present at the services during the 

 month of May, the whole of which delightful 

 time is dedicated to devotions in honour of the 

 blessed Virgin. It is called in Rome, " the 

 month of Mary ; " and these devotions are per- 

 formed in the church of the Jesuits with a 

 magnificence worthy of the occasion. The 

 beautifully arranged blaze of innumerable can- 

 dles on the high altar ; the heavenly music ; 

 the fervent prayers of the people, and the pro- 

 found attention of the officiating Fathers, all 

 tended to make a deep and a lasting impression 

 on my mind. 



Our prolonged stay gave me an opportunity 

 of collecting specimens of those birds of pas- 

 sage so rarely to be seen in our own land, and 

 scarcely ever acquired in a state fit for pre- 



