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OLD GOA AS IT WAS.
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with disgust at this peculiar style of equitation, and
the vivacity of his movements so terrified the Senor,
that, to our extreme regret, he chose the first
moment to dismount under pretext of introducing
us to Albuquerque.
The statue of that hero stands under a white-
washed dome, in a small square opposite the east
front of the Barracks. It is now wrapped up in
matting, having lately received such injuries that it
was deemed advisable to send to Portugal for a new
nose and other requisites.
The library disappointed us. We had heard
that it contained many volumes collected from
the different religious houses by order of the go-
vernment, and thus saved from mildew and the
white ants. Of course, we expected a variety of
MSS. and publications upon the subject of Orien-
tal languages and history, as connected with the
Portuguese settlements. The catalogue, however,
soon informed us that it was a mere ecclesiastical
library, dotted here and there with the common
classical authors; a few old books of travels; some
volumes of history, and a number of musty dis-
quisitions on ethics, politics, and metaphysics. We
could find only three Oriental works—a Syriac
book printed at Oxford, a manuscript Dictionary,
41
with disgust at this peculiar style of equitation, and
the vivacity of his movements so terrified the Senor,
that, to our extreme regret, he chose the first
moment to dismount under pretext of introducing
us to Albuquerque.
The statue of that hero stands under a white-
washed dome, in a small square opposite the east
front of the Barracks. It is now wrapped up in
matting, having lately received such injuries that it
was deemed advisable to send to Portugal for a new
nose and other requisites.
The library disappointed us. We had heard
that it contained many volumes collected from
the different religious houses by order of the go-
vernment, and thus saved from mildew and the
white ants. Of course, we expected a variety of
MSS. and publications upon the subject of Orien-
tal languages and history, as connected with the
Portuguese settlements. The catalogue, however,
soon informed us that it was a mere ecclesiastical
library, dotted here and there with the common
classical authors; a few old books of travels; some
volumes of history, and a number of musty dis-
quisitions on ethics, politics, and metaphysics. We
could find only three Oriental works—a Syriac
book printed at Oxford, a manuscript Dictionary,