CHARLES WATERTON, ESQ. Xcix 



a wish to see through the different parts of the 

 enclosure. The door of the room in question 

 was opened by one of their perambulating 

 companions. In an instant out rushed the in- 

 carcerated vapours, " qua data porta ruunt ; " 

 and, what with the sight and the odour together, 

 the visiters deemed it time to retreat, disgusted 

 with the filthiness of a convent where they had 

 hoped to reap a golden harvest. 



Formerly the church of the Jesuits possessed 

 many fine paintings by masters of the first ce- 

 lebrity, but barbarity and injustice deprived the 

 fathers of these inestimable treasures. The 

 cause of their disappearance from the corridors 

 of the Gresu does honour to the heart of man* 

 They were sold for the maintenance of the aged 

 Portuguese and Spanish missioners who had 

 been most cruelly deprived of every means of 

 support, and driven into exile, by D'Aranda 

 and Pombal, the infidel tools of the infidel 

 philosophers, who had it all their own way at 

 that eventful period. 



From the time of our return to Rome to that 

 of our departure for Civita Vecchia in June 

 1841, things went smoothly on, whilst every 

 day was productive of information and con- 

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