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instruments there the organ assisted & with regret did we leave it behind us. But we had to see the bones of the 11000 Virgins, because it would not have been right to leave them unvisited & as the liquid is not interesting, the rubbish seen through the grating is less so.

Much to our regret, my friend John Farina & his wife were absent from home.

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THURS. AUG 3

Bang, bang, bang, bang, was in my ears before awaking; and I dreamed that my sleep was too sound to be disturbed by any thing less thundering, & that the steam pt was ready to start without us. We hurried to dress & pack still contd the cannons war. Surely the town is bombarded. The sooner we leave this noisy place the better said I, but on reaching the packet, what should we

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