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ashes of a lady of the village. Under it was a mon- 

 ument with this inscription : 



i Hombres ! 

 He aqui el termino de nuestros afanes ; 

 La muerte, tierra, nada. 



En esta urna reposan los restos de Dna Loretta Lara, 

 Muger caritativa, y esposa fiel, madre tierna, 

 prudente y virtuosa. 



i Mortales ! 



Al Senor dirigamos por ella nuestras preces. 

 ralleci6 



El 29 de Novembre del ano 1830, a los 44 de su edad. 



i 0 Man ! 

 Behold the end of our troubles — 

 Death, Earth, Nothing. 



In this urn repose the remains of Dna Loretta Lara, 

 A charitable woman, faithful wife, and tender mother, 

 prudent and virtuous. 



1 Mortals ! 



To the Lord let us direct our prayers for her. 

 She died 



The 29th of November, in the year 1830, aged 44. 



One of the altars was decorated with human 

 skulls and cross-bones, and in the rear of the church 

 was a great charnel-house. It was enclosed by a 

 high stone wall, and was filled with a collection of 

 skulls and bones, which, after the flesh had decayed, 

 had been dug up from the graves in the cemetery of 

 the church. 



