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CARACCAS. 



Paolo, Saint Rosalia, and La Candalaria. 

 Three other churches belong to confraterni- 

 ties: Saint Maurice, the Divina Pastora, 

 and the Trinidad. Though the architecture 

 of these churches has nothing remarkable, 

 they are solidly built, and richly ornamented 

 in the interior. The Cathedral is two hun- 

 dred and fifty feet long by seventy-five 

 broad, and its walls are thirty-six feet high ; 

 four ranges of stone columns, each contain- 

 ing six, support the roof. The only public 

 clock in the town, three years ago, was in 

 the steeple of^this church. 



This city has five convents, of which 

 three are for men, the Franciscans, Domi- 

 nicans, and Brothers of the Order of Mercy. 

 The church of Dominicus has a very curious 

 historical picture : it represents the Virgin 

 Mary suckling a grey-bearded Saint Domi- 

 nick. The following is the account of this 

 miracle, as recounted by the sexton to those 



