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INDIAN AND OTHER 



laid on a table, placed in the centre of the little square of Santo 

 Domingo, without an instance ever having occurred of a 

 greater offering being made. With the total amount of what 

 is colle6led, the charges of the annual festival, in honour of 

 the pbove-mentioned image, are, however, liquidated, as well 

 as all the disbursements attendant on the worship alluded to. 

 In the case of the demise of any of the members, the burial 

 charges are' defrayed from the same source ; but for the masses 

 and responses each fraternity subscribes six reals. Whenever 

 there is a deficiency, a colle6tion is made by the head cor- 

 porals, who distribute the amount among the subordinate cor- 

 porals and brethren, the latter being, on all occasions, subje6t 

 to their decisions. 



Formerly the Terranovans and Lucumes cultivated the wor-^ 

 ship of the image of San Salvador, in the great convent of 

 our Lady of Mercy ; but at the present time this devotion be- 

 longs to the Congoes, whose fellowship is established in the 

 avenue of the convent of San Francisco de Paula, without any 

 support except that of the alms collefted voluntarily among 

 themselves. In the same way the Mandinguans had a fellow- 

 ship, or place of assembly, in the church of the great convent 

 of San Francisco, dedicated to the Virgin, under the title of 

 our Lady of Lima : it is at this time in ruins ; and the other 

 fellowships which subsisted in the churches of San Sebastian 

 and Monserrat, in the chapel of Baratillo, and in the small 

 chapel at the ej<;tremity of the bridge, appear to be in the 

 same condition. .The negroes, mulattoes, and quarterons, 

 , consisting principally of Creoles, or individuals born in the 

 country, have a fellowship in the church of San Augustin, for 

 the worship of San Nicolas. They chuse their major-domo 



with 



