the South-Sea. W$ 



IFor the reft, all that was remarkable in relation to Dueling. 

 our Ship, was the Ducking of a Sailor, for having ab- 

 fented himfelf from on board, for twelve Days, contrary 

 to ,the Orders given* 



The 26th of January^ the fame Punifhment was inflid- 

 ed on another Sailor convi£bd of a Theft, which hecon- 

 fefs'd ; the next Day he was whipp'd at the Main-maft, in- 

 ftead of being duck'd at the Yard-Arm, as is ufedat Sea. 



The <5th of the fame Month, thzMary being leaky, was 

 carreen'd, and only tarr'd, for want of other Neceffaries. 



On Maundy Thurfday, the Augujlim gave the SieurMaundy- 

 Duchefne the Key of the Tabernacle of their Church, in Thurfday* 

 which the bleffed Sacrament was kept: That is a Cuftom 

 cunningly invented by the Religious Men,to eafe themfelves 

 of the E^pences they are obliged to be at on that Day* 

 They do a Lay-man the Honour of giving him that Key 

 to wear 24 Hours, hanging about his Neck with a broad 

 Gold Ribbon, or Galoon ; in Return for which, and in 

 good Manners, the Keeper is obliged to prefent the Mona- 

 stery with a Quantity of Wax ; to treat the Monks, 

 notwithftanding the Penitential Time ; and befides, to 

 perform fome other A£t of Generofity towards them. The 

 lame Night, after a Sermon of the Sorrows of the Virgin 

 Mary y they perform'd the Ceremony of taking our Savi- 

 our down from the Crofs, having a Crucifix purpofely 

 made^ in the fame Manner as might be done to a Man. As 

 they drew the Nails, and took oft the Crown of Thorns, 

 and other Inftruments of the Paffion, the Deacon carry'd 

 diem to an Image of the bleffed Virgin, clad in Black fo 

 contrived, that me took them in her Hands,and kifs'd them 

 one after another. At laft, when he was taken down 

 from the Crofs, he was laid with his Arms folded, and 

 his Head ftrait, into a ftately Bed, between, two white 

 Sheets laced, and under a rich Damask Counterpoint; 

 about the Bed, there is coftly carv'd Work gilt, and fet 

 with abundance of Candles. In moft of the Parifh Churches 

 throughout Peru, and thofe of the Mercenariam \ fuch Beds 



