Monagas
state of Venezuela, on the N. E., where it is washed by the Atlantic. gave access to the refectory, a large, rather ornamental chamber, usually with an open wooden roof. It was sometimes placed parallel and sometimes at right angles to the cloister. Opposite the door to the refectory and in a vaulted recess stood a fountain or basin where the monks might wash. Adjoining the refectory were the kitchen and offices.
MONASTIR MONEL METAL Along the W. side of the cloister, and Cloister sometimes extending much farther, lay almost depopulated by slave traders. the hospitium or guest-house, where all travelers were received. A very importhe country in recent years has become tant room in the monastery was the scriptorium or library, in which the MSS. were written and illuminated. The of New Brunswick, on the Petitcodiac river, 89 miles N. E. of St. John. It is at the head of navigation on the river, has a fine harbor, and contains many