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headquarters. Not expecting to meet the President out of 
Guatemala City, I had no letters with me, nor even any 
suitable attire for a visit of ceremony; but there was no 
alternative, and through one of his attendants I obtained 
an appointment for the evening. In the mean time we 
wandered impatiently about the town. In the church, over 
J. Rufino Barrios. 
the main altar, we saw, what had before escaped notice, 
three life-sized figures representing God and Christ kneel¬ 
ing to and crowning the Virgin Mary, over whose head a 
dove hovered. God had a white beard and bald head , 
while Christ’s hair was black. Neither this Quaternity, 
nor anything else we noticed in the service of religion 
here, surprised me; though the shudder of disgust was 
