was not very plentiful,. I was told, that at-pther feafoin®
they have a moft excellent market for- sthat^article. g Xhfih
market .for vegetables,,, hpweyer^abounded with J r u it,, roots,
and garden huff,. of. éy e^y kind, notwithftanding :h:. .was-not
the beft feafon for Kcnifej fchf;fpri®g:
to . .expeót, abundance. Oranges, which ,we -had in - the
greateftplenty, coft only flye-ppnqe-tho -hundred.
On a hill, about half a mile 'S.X. .pfthe, cify,.ftajïd.s a .convent,
named-Conventode Santa-Therefa jj the nuns, óft whicly.
amounting to abqut forty, a,re not allowed to^unvetf when
they come tp the grate L and on a plain, between.jth.is con-
vent, and the..city, hands another, .called Convento A. de
Juda, a very large building, ^governed by am&labeifs. andTe-
vetal nhns, all under _the direction.,of,a- bifhop. . JTer^,about
feventy young ladies-are placed *to, educated; who are
fubje£t to all the reftridtions of a monaftic life, only^ they>are
permitted tp be frequently at. theygtate, ..and that unveiled«,.
But wha| is fingulat, the.,nuns, of this. convent,', when they
arrive at a proper age,, are, allowed either |o Jake a. huflpand,
qrfto take the^yeil, ju fl^ a sh p it inclinatiqri.M^.ds. They are
not however fuffered to quit .the convent on any |Qther terpas
than that of marriage j to whiqh the confent, and approba3
tion
tion of, the bifhop is always-neb&ffary!f.Y I f they do -ndt get
lt|a.hufband early'in life^i^^bmmihhldr^them? ?6>,take tMe
, -veil. r Many of thefd ydiup'g': fadids/were-Vefy a^reWiMe' both
, in* perfon - and 'difpofition ; and by - ft eqtfehtly ' cdnverflHg
with them .at. the gra'tef-wfe fhkrted as tehder an inter-
courWwith them asf the bolts and bars between |j| 'would
admit off Myfeift^and two iofher.^g&iillemcn - belonging to-
, the fleet, fingfed! out thrfee df thofe/whoappeared tp4 e the
moft fr&e and lively to whoMf We'^attached’ ourfelrtis during'
:<our ftay,. making,thdS^<aet&pfgfefl*^tts?t Wohhdught' Would
prove- ihollladceptajfefe, "arid: receiving tobie Wdkabk bdisf'in^
j-.eiufn'. |^Thefe"jhtH:le;.ittentibns Were‘ wi§W‘ed‘Vfeyfrthem 'ia'fo'
TavourabkW lightji.that-when we'to'dk-T laftVft&bwefithey
|ave,-'lus..mahy.evi;dehtnptqdfs&hfotlheir 'coifemj aftd :feg£efl
'Indeed1-/ eyety - circumftanc^ f awhile Twe^ continued ibis
charming place! (Except there beirigmo ihns^l'coftdewhoufefe’
wher&a ftranger 'could refrefh himfelf/jor be»! adeoiMn'odaee^
when hetchole to, ft ay a night or twd.on ftio|ly' cohipire7l"to
|ma'ke''u's pldafed and d^figh|eftvwith it and I can tfculy
fey,] that J left itfwith re^udtahedjiwhich I believe was! the
cajte with many of my companions, i
,q.September 3d. T h e commodore fent Mr. Moreton, the
L 2 Wf 1 mafter
SepÉémber.