444 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1910. 



4 ' the collection must have been bound up in its present form 



" while it was still in Portuguese hands." 



Mr. P. next analyses carefully the Annual Letter of the 



South for 1603. It occupies foil. 36—61 (pencil) or 475—501 



(ink), i.e., 52 closely written pages. 



The letter is headed : Annua da V. Provincia do Malauar 



da India de 603 oriental pera se ler na provincia de Goa. The 



non-italicised words seem to have been added by another hand. 

 fi The original heading was, I think, Annua da V. Provincia do 

 ' Malauar da India oriental, 'Annual Letter of the Vice-Province 

 1 of Malabar in the East Indies \ Then, at Goa, someone 

 ' added : de 603, which he carelessly inserted before, instead 

 c of after, the word oriental. He added the further endorse- 

 ' ment pera se ler na provincia de Goa, [ c for perusal in the 

 ; Province of Goa.' I presume, after being so endorsed, it 

 ' was passed round for perusal among the members of the 

 8 Society of Jesus in the Province of Goa. It may have been 

 1 a copy made specially for such perusal, but it looks to me, 

 c from the signature and other indications, to be an original. 



, c 



The letter begins 



Muito R' 1 ." em Xto Padre. 



Pax Christi. 



. . 



C ( 



Then follow the numbers of the members of the S.J. 

 " labouring at each place in the Vice- Province. Xext, the 

 various houses are passed under review. The headings are : 



Collegio de Cochin. 



Residencia de Santo Andre. 



Residencia de Calicuth [i.e., Calicut]. 



Missao de Todamala. 



Collegio de Vaipicotta, e suas residencias. 



Residencia de Porca. 



Residencia de Paliporto. 



Collegio de Coulao [i.e., Quilon] e suas residencias. 



Collegio de Tuturim [sic ; read : Tuticorin] esuas residencias. 



Casa de Ceilao [i.e., Ceylon]. 



Casa de Negapatao. 



Collegio de pouva£ao de S. Thome e sua Residencia de 



Chandegri. 

 Residencia de Chandegri. 

 Residencias de Bengala. 

 Copia de hua do Padre Andre Boves p a . o p e Vice Pr 



Andrew 



to the Father Vice-Provincial.] 

 Collegio de Malacca. 

 Residencias de Malluco e Amboino 



1 I am doubtful of the reading. It is not very legible. [W. R- P-] 



