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self with great assiduity to enter into the So- 

 dality of the Blessed Virgin ; and when you 

 shall have had the happiness to become a 

 member of it, make a resolution to say her 

 office every day, until it shall please God to 

 take you out of this world. 



" Ave Regina Coelorum ; 

 Ave Domina Angelorum, 

 Salve Radix, salve Porta, 

 Ex qua mundo lux est orta." 



Farewell, my dearest boy. I give you my 

 blessing; and I promise you that you shall 

 want for nothing, provided you perform your 

 duty : and you cannot fail to do so, if you love 

 and revere your superiors, and follow implicitly 

 the holy and excellent instructions which you 

 will receive at their hands. 



I have one parting request to make to you. 

 Say a short prayer for me, once a day, to St. 

 Francis Xavier, the glorious apostle of the 

 Indies. 



Farewell again, my dearest boy, and believe 

 me to remain, your ever affectionate father, 



Charles Waterton* 



Walton Hall, Sept 6. 1841. 



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