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ROME.
Sunday, Nov. 11. Having a little re- covered the fatigue of my journey from Naples, I renewed my operations at Rome.
This morning I went to the convent of St. Ursula, to see a nun take the veil.
The company was very numerous, and composed chiefly of the first people of Rome, who were all in full dress. I was placed closed to the altar, where I could see the whole ceremony, and hear every word that was uttered. The service was begun by saying mass, then cardinal de Rossi entered in great state, while the organ was playing, and the mass was sing- ing: the music both vocal and instrument- al, was performed by the nuns and ladies of the convent who were placed in the organ gallery. The composition was pretty, but ill executed; the organ was a bad one, and too powerful for the band:
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