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schedule which assigned the sum of thirty -two thousand 

 piastres to the orphan fund. The walls of the church were 

 ere6led on the ancient site ; and the buildings annexed to it, 

 together with the interior of the hospital, edified and re- 

 stored. 



The establishment, at the present time, may be said to be 

 in a very flourishing state. The children are commodiously 

 lodged ; and nothing has been negle6led that can contribute 

 to the preservation of their health. The strictest attention- is 

 at the same time bestowed on the inculcation of their religious 

 and moral duties. In a word, it may be said that the hospital 

 has received a new existence, both with respe6f to its con- 

 stru6lion, and the form of its discipline. In addition to its 

 numerous rents, other fixed incomes, and the adventitious 

 alms, it enjoys the clear produce of the press established within 

 its precin6ls, and entitled that of the foundlings, or orphans. 

 In this press, which is incomparably the best in the capital, 

 the Peruvian Mercury is printed. The very heavy charges in- 

 curred by its publication contribute in part to the support of 

 these innocent creatures, the sight of whom, in the intercourse 

 which we have necessarily to maintain with them, inspires us 

 with the deepest compassion. We feel a lively pleasure when 

 we refledl that our Mercury renders this small service to hu- 

 manity, and to the country. This is one of the motives by 

 which we have been influenced in fulfilling the engagement 

 into which we have entered, to carry on our periodical work, 

 the indispensable charges attendant on which are frequently 

 not compensated by the public contributions, in payment and 

 in gratitude, towards our unfortunate lucubrations. 



The hospital has in its pay from eighty-five to ninety wet- 



B b 2 nurses, 



