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The cathedral--Regular attendance of its worshipers--Harsh tones of the church chime--Early mass--Cathedral finished in 1793--Material employed--Moorish belfry--Irreverent visitors--Religion of the natives a part of their existence--The bishop regarded as a vicegerent--Mistaken conclusions of outsiders--Peculiar frescoes representing death--Christmas Eve--Ceremonial conducted by Bishop Verot--Administration of the sacrament--Tolemato Cemetery--Its custodian--Murder of Father Corpa by the Indians--Chapel dedicated to Father Varela--Tablet-inscriptions erased by time--A medallion supposed to have been worn by Father Corpa, which was brought from Rome.