The fortress is used as a prison for persons guilty of offenses against the state. On the top of the tower we passed four prisoners of state, well-dressed young men, who appeared to have been entertaining themselves with music, having guitars and other instruments in their hands. They saluted the adjutant as he went by them, who, in return, took off his hat. They had been condemned for a conspiracy against the government. The commandant gave us a hospitable reception. In showing us the fortress he congratulated us that we had no occasion for such engines of government in America. We went to his house in the evening, where we saw his wife, a handsome young lady, whom he had lately brought from Florence, the very lady of the pianoforte whom I have already mentioned, and the mother of two young children, whose ruddy cheeks and chubby figures did credit to the wholesome air of Volterra. The commandant made tea for us in tumblers, and the lady gave us music. The tea was so strong a decoction that I seemed to hear the music all night, and had no need of being waked from sleep, when our _vetturino_, at an early hour the next morning, came to take us on our journey to Sienna. The End. Footnotes [1] The following is a Spanish translation of this hymn as taken down in writing from the mouth of one of the Mahonese, as they call themselves, a native of St. Augustine. The author does not hold himself responsible for the purity of the Castilian. Dejaremos el duelo, Cantaremos con alegria, E iremos á dar Las pascuas á Maria. O Maria. San Gabriel Acá portó la embajada. De nuestro rey del ciel Estareis preñada. Ya humillada Tu que vais aqui servente, Hija de Dios contenta Para hacer lo que el quiere. Dejaremos el duelo, &a. Y á media noche, Paristeis reyna A un Dios infinite Dentro de un establo. Y a media dia, Los Angeles van cantando Paz y abundancia De la gloria de Dios solo. Dejaremos el duelo, &a. Y a Belem, Allá en la tierra santa, Nos nació Gesus Con alegria tanta. Niño chiquito, Que todo el mundo salvaria; Y ningun bastaria Sino un Dios todo solo. Dejaremos el duelo, &a. Cuando del Oriente los Tres reyes la estrella vieron, Dios omnipotente, Para adorarlo ivinieron. Un regalo inferieron, De mil inciensos y oro, Al bendito Señor Que sabe qualquiera cosa. Dejaremos el duelo, &a. Todo fu pronto Para cumplir la promesa; Del Espiritu Santo Un Angel fue mandado. Gran fuego encendido Que quema el corage; Dios nos de lenguage Para hacer lo que quiere. Dejaremos el duelo, &a. Cuando se fué De este mundo nuestra Señora, Al ciel se empujó Su hijo la misme hora. O emperadora, Que del ciel sois elijida! La rosa florida, Mas resplandesciente que un sol! Dejaremos el duelo, &a.