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The Fathers Recolle&s have a large and beautiful 

 church, which might do them honour even at Vcr- 

 failles. It is very neatly wainfcotted, and is adorn- 

 ed with a large 'Tribune or gallery fomewhat heavy, 

 but the wainfcotting of which is extremely well 

 carved, which goes quite round, and in which are 

 included the confefiion feats. This is the work of 

 one of their brother converts. In a word, nothing 

 is wanting to render it compleat, except the taking 

 away fome pictures very coarfely daubed brother 

 Luke has put up fome of his hand which have no 

 need of thofe foils. Their houfe is anfwerable to 

 the church ; it is large, folid, and commodious, 

 and adorned with a fpacious and well-cultivated 

 garden. The Urfiline nuns have fuffered by two 

 fires as well as the feminary ; and befides, their funds 

 are fo fmall, and the dowries they receive with the 

 girls in this country are fo moderate, that after their 

 houfe was burnt down for the firft time, it was re- 

 folved to fend them back to France. They have, 

 however, had the good fortune to recover themfelves 

 both times, and their church is now actually finifhed. 

 They are neatly and commodioufly lodged, which 

 is the fruit of the good example they fet the reft of 

 the colony by their oeconomy, their fobriety and 

 induftry ; they gild, embroider, and are all ufefully 

 employed, and what comes out of their hands is 

 generally of a good tafte. 



You have no doubt read in fome relations, that 

 the college of the jefuits was a very fine building. 

 It is certain, that when this city was no more than 

 an unfeemly heap of French barracks, and huts of 

 Indians, this houfe, which with the fort, were the 

 only edifices built with ftone, made fome appear- 

 ance ; the firft travellers, who judged of it by com- 

 parifon, reprefemed it as a very fine ftructure, thofe 



