94 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO, 



The following circumstance was afterwards 

 related to me by the reverend Superior, and 

 also by his brother. It occurred about forty 

 or fifty years since, that a Scotch gentleman, 

 of the name of M'Taggart, had been ship- 

 wrecked on some part of the coast of Mexico, 

 and had by some means found his way to this 

 city, collecting as he travelled plants and 

 herbs, and stating himself to be a botanical 

 collector for a society in Edinburgh. He 

 was detained here many years, eventually 

 embraced the Catholic religion, gained con- 

 siderable esteem by his piety and knowledge, 

 and died in this establishment, regretted by 

 the whole city. He was most probably a 

 man of taste in the fine arts, as may be sur- 

 mised from the cabinet of rich gems, antiques, 

 and some first-rate pictures which had been in 

 his collection, and which he bequeathed to 

 this house of spiritual retirement. * 



From the Rev. Mr. Furlong, who is a man 



