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who visit the church. Saint Dominick having 

 had a violent pain in his breast, and his phy- 

 sician having ordered him woman's milk, 

 the Virgin suddenly descended from Heaven, 

 and presented her breast to the Saint, who, 

 as it may be supposed, was cured in an in- 

 stant. The sexton finishes his story by 

 observing that the Virgin operated this mi- 

 racle in acknowledgment of their founder's 

 devotion for the rosary. 



The priests of the oratory of St. Philip 

 de Neri have also a church : they are use- 

 fully occupied in the civilization of the 

 aboriginal inhabitants. 



The two convents for women are those 

 of the Conception and Carmelites. A more 

 useful and respectable association is the 

 Congregation of Las Educandas : it is a 

 community of young ladies of good family, 

 and well educated, who, though they do not 



