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thither in punishment for some fault. On the 

 opposite mount of Guadaloupe is a similar 

 building; both these churches have a singu- 

 lar, and almost magic appearance from the 

 city, when illuminated by numberless lamps 

 on the eves of their grand festivals ; on which 

 occasions, quantities of rockets are thrown 

 up, and various displays of fire-works take 

 place. In this church a figure, highly ve- 

 nerated, of our Saviour is kept. Once a 

 year a grand procession comes from the 

 city to Montserrat, to beg that the figure 

 may be given to them, in order to be con- 

 veyed through the chief streets of the city, 

 thereby securing it a blessing. The figure 

 being obtained, is then paraded through Bo- 

 gota, and for the night deposited in the 

 church of Santa Clara. The following 

 morning a similar procession returns the 

 representation of our Saviour to its proper 

 abode. 



