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in this church, some of which are much ad¬ 
mired, but, in my opinion, by far the most 
beautiful part is the pavement, which consists 
of large stones, each formed of an infinite 
number of pieces of marble of different 
colours, white, red, and black predominat¬ 
ing. Here are are some fine monuments of 
the grand masters, knights of Malta, and in 
a vault underneath, lie the remains of La 
Valette, who founded the city of Yaletta, 
and of La Cassiera, who built the church in 
which he is buried. 
Jn our walks through the streets we meet a 
great many Catholic priests; they wear 
cocked hats, but in other respects their ordi¬ 
nary costume has nothing remarkable in it. 
On the day we left the lazaret, we encoun¬ 
tered a very long procession of monks and 
others, in commemoration of the cessation 
of the plague, which many years ago de- 
