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 beft on either fide ; however, they made 

 fliift to underftand one another. When 

 he returned, he told us the good fathers 

 were Hill harping upon what things of 

 value we might have faved and con- 

 cealed about us ; and that if we had any 

 thing of that fort, we could not do better 

 than let them have it. Religion feemed 

 to be quite out of the queftion at prefent ; 

 but a day or two after the corregidore being 

 informed that we were heretics, he defired 

 thefe jefuits would convert us ; but one of 

 them told him it was a mere joke to at- 

 tempt it, as we could have no induce- 

 ment upon that ifland to change our 

 religion ; but that when we got to Chili, 

 in fuch a delightful country as that was, 

 where there was nothing but diverfions 

 and amufements, we fhould be converted 

 fail enough. We kept clofe to our cell 

 till the bell rang for dinner, when we 

 were conduced into a hall, where there 

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