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chiefly by charity, and spend most of their 
time in going about the country preaching 
and visiting the sick. They are only forty 
in number at present, but the house is large 
enough to accommodate seventy or eighty. 
Their cells appeared clean and decently 
furnished, and over each door was a text of 
Scripture in Latin. In the church of this 
convent was a full-sized figure, I believe, in 
wax, of Christ after his crucifixion; one of 
those singular, and to me painfully correct 
representations, which the Catholics in this 
country exhibit, with a view to excite the 
devotional feelings of the beholders. Though 
offensive to Protestants, if others derive bene¬ 
fit from the contemplation of such figures, 
we have no right to ridicule them. 
We also visited the gaol, where we were 
most politely received by the governor. It 
is an exceedingly well-conducted establish- 
