CHARLES WATERTON, ESQ. xdii 



remitting in his attentions to us ; whilst his pious 

 secretary, il Signore Canonico Natanaele Fucili, 

 showed a friendship for us as though our ac- 

 quaintance had been of very long standing. My 

 little boy was so fond of this amiable gentleman, 

 and so devoted to His Eminence, that he would 

 be in the Propaganda whenever an opportunity 

 offered. The friendly offices, too, of Dr. Wise- 

 man and Dr. Baggs, of the English College, 

 added much to our* enjoyment. 



But the church of the Gesu was the chief 

 place of our daily resort. My little boy might 

 be said to have lived in the convent. Its pro- 

 fessed fathers and its lay brothers were un- 

 bounded in their acts of friendship to him, and 

 in imparting to him instructions the most in- 

 valuable and important at his tender time of 

 life. The " English angelino," as these good 

 religious called him, never appeared to such 

 advantage as when engaged in the sacred cere- 

 monies at the church of the Jesuits. The 

 decorum which is punctually observed in this 

 splendid edifice renders it a place of universal 

 resort, whilst the punctuality in the daily per- 

 formance of divine service is beyond all praise. 

 The doors are opened precisely at five o'clock 



