324 FRANCKLIN'S NOTES ON CEYLON AND INDIA
most elegantly carved in basso relievo; these represent
Ms converting the different nations to the Catholic
faith; the figures are done to the life, and most ad-
mirably executed. It extends to the top in a pyramid-
ical form, which terminates with a coronet of mother-
of-pearl. On the sides of this chapel are excellent paint-
AN INDIAN BULLOCK -CART.
ings, done by Italian masters, the subjects chiefly from
scripture. This tomb and the chapel appertaining to
it must have cost an immense sum of money; the Por-
tuguese justly esteem it the greatest rarity in the place.
In the valley below is another convent for young ladies
who have not taken the veil; out of this convent the
Portuguese and others who go there may marry; some
of the ladies have small portions, others none. As far
as I could learn, the ceremony observed on taking out
