EMERALD MINES. 



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bold attempt for the raising of ways and 

 means, Cervi6re was defeated, and had con- 

 siderable difficulty in escaping with his 

 life, abandoning the image at a place called 

 Catt^sa. The enraged Dominicans imme- 

 diately went there, and brought it back 

 with great pomp ; declaring Cervi^re's de- 

 feat to have been a judgment from the 

 Virgin as a punishment for his wicked con- 

 duct. Pilgrimages then redoubled, and 

 the friars, in a pecuniary point of view, 

 had rather to feel pleased than disappoint- 

 ed by the temporary seizure that had taken 

 place. 



Having seen every thing worth visiting, 

 we bade adieu to our conductors, and re- 

 turned to the house in the town at which 

 we had slept. We now used all our in- 

 I terest to procure good fresh mules, in order 

 to visit the celebrated emerald mines of 

 Muso, but could not succeed ; we how- 



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