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already 11 years a missionary. Rector of Agra and Superior 

 of the whole Mission. 



* ' Father Francis Corsi : a Florentine ; aged 58 ; 40 years 

 of Society, professed of 4 vows on 1 Jan., 1612; has spent 32 

 years in this Mission. 



Father Joseph de Castro: from Turin; aged 55; 36 

 years of Society; professed of 3 vows on 10 Jan., 1612. 



" These are the chief ones. There are, besides, 4 Fathers 

 in Thibet : ci Juniores Patres manent in hac Missione : 4 Patres. 



Father de Castro writes from Agra. 16 April 1637, that 

 there ought to be four priests at Agra, because one always 

 accompanies Mirza Zu-1 Qarnin. In 1636 and 1637 they have 

 been only three at Agra: Francis Morando, John d' Oliveira 

 and himself. In June 1636, Father Anthony Pereira came from 

 Goa on his way to the new Residence of Xirinagar [Srinagar 

 in Garhwal]. Father Alano dos Angios [Alain de la Bau- 

 chere] went with him, but died at Srinagar shortly after 

 his arrival. Father Stanislas Malpica arrived at Agra in 

 Jan. 1637, and went to Srinagar. 



Father de Castro's next letter (Agra, 29 Oct. 1637) states 

 that Stanislas Malpica and Anthony Pereira are at Srinagar, 

 the former being Superior. 



1641. — Fathers Joseph de Crasto, Rector ; John de Oliveira, 



and Francis Morandus [Morando]. 



Fray Sebastian Manrique, the Augustinian Friar, arrived 

 at Agra on December 24, 1640, and met there Fathers 

 "Anthony" de Oliveira, and Matthew "de la Cruz." In 

 Lahore, he found Father Joseph de Castro. Cf. Itinerario 

 Oriental del P. Maestro Manrique, Roma, 1653, Ch. 58 and 63. 

 Our Roman Archivist tells me that the Catalogue of 1641 



(Sept.) places at Agra only Fr. John Oliveira, and that the name 

 of Fr. Matthew de la Cruz is not traceable in the Catalogues of 

 Goa. 



1648.— Fathers Anthony Botelho (senior), Visitor and Superior; 

 Francis Morandus, Paimensis; Anthony Chesque [Ceschi], 

 of Trent ; Henricus Busaeus [Busi]. 



Father Anthony Botelho : " During his Provincialate in 1670 

 be wrote 'De Moribus et Natura regionis Mogorensis.' " Cf. 

 J.A.S.B., 1910, p. 453 sqq. 



Father Anthony Ceschi di Santa Croce : Cf. W. Irvine, Storia 

 doMogor, I, 223, 381, 381 n. 1 ; IV. 427. Fr. Ceschi died on 

 June 28, 1656, in the arms of Fr. Anthony de Rego, S.J. 



Father Henry Busi : his real name , as we had occasion to 

 point out to Mr. W. Irvine, was Henrv Uwens. Cf. W. Irvine, 



