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Turibius, Archbishop of Lima, whose apostolic labours among the Indians were crowned with such wonderfiil success. There are one or two good pictures and monuments, especially the recumbent figure of a bishop, in bronze, of the fifteenth century. In the sacristy is a valuable relic of St. Sebastian, and some fine silver vases for the holy oils ; but everything else was plun- dered by the French. Afterwards our travellers went, with an order fi-om the governor, to see the castle and Moorish fortress overlooking the town, built in 1279. Passing under a fine Moorish horse-shoe arched gateway, they scrambled up to the keep, from whence there is a magnificent view over sea and land. It is now used as a military prison, and about twenty-six men were confined there. The officers were extremely civil, and showed them everything. The men's bar- racks seemed clean and comfortable, and their rations good; their arms and knapsacks were, however, of the most old-fashioned kind. That day a detachment of troops were starting for Morocco, whose embarkation in the steamers below was eagerly watched by the garrison. But if Malaga be dull in the way of sights, it is very pleasant firom the kind and sociable charac- ter of its inhabitants. Nowhere will the stranger E