TO LA MAGDALENA. 
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a brief inspection of it. Like the other buildings of 
the country, it was constructed of adobe, but had 
neither steeple nor tower. Three bells were sus- 
pended from a frame in front, on one of which, I 
noticed the date 1680. There was nothing of interest 
here; so we journeyed on to Terrenat% a village of 
three or four hundred souls, two miles distant. Con- 
tinuing our ride six or eight miles further still, and 
following the same stream that we first met at Coco- 
pera, we reached San Ignacio. We rode into the plaza 
facing the church, and, dismounting, applied at an ad- 
joining house for admission into the sacred edifice. 
Door-way of the Church, San Ignacio. 
We were received with much politeness, and con- 
ducted by a young woman through an entrance near 
the altar into the church, which did not meet my ex- 
pectations, as it was by no means in keeping with the 
exterior of the building. There were but few pictures 
