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Portuguese clergy of Eastern Bengal can wonder that they, 
inheriting a faulty system from their predecessors, have fai lec 
to instil new life among their flocks. Occupied as they generally 
are with the management of valuable church property, an 
law suits inseparable from the possession of land in Bengal, little 
time, and less zeal, are expended on the spiritual welfare of 
their tenantry. A school is always attached to the church, 
but the instruction ati is of the most negroes reso and 
no attempts are made to raise the standard of educ 
Such being the actual state of matters, it is oa ae aint 
that the congregation De propaganda fide has for long been 
striving to gain possession of the churches and endowments of 
the Portuguese mission. Various law suits have been instituted, 
and in several instances, as at Dacca and Chittagong, the deci- 
sion of the courts has been in favour of the congregation.'! The 
French mission, guided by the able and benevolent Monseig- 
neur Dufal has within the last fifteen years [i.e. prior to 1875! 
infused new spiritual life among these neglected Christians. 
The good bishop, assisted by an admirable staff of clergy, devote 
themselves to improving the people, and their schools are crowd: 
ed with hundreds of [p. 420 D) boys eager for knowledge. The 
nuns of the “‘Sacré Coeur” are ‘engaged in an equally bene- 
ficient task. To them is confided the religious and moral train- 
ing of the girls, and ei schools conducted by them are models 
of ee and propriet 
Two centuries ‘ago the Portuguese Christians were divided 
into sss classes ‘“‘reynol,”” including those born in Europe, 
‘“eastico.”’ those born in India of Portuguese parents, and 
of their Raroiedsl parentage. Here and there a face charac- 
-terised by large and rugged features. strikes a stranger accus- 
tomed to the regular and more delicate lineaments of the st hpi 
Bengali. but in complexion the Farangis are as swarthy as a 
Chandal. The distinctive and favourite appellation of tess 
Christians is Farangi, but the natives nickname them the “‘ Kala 
Matti,’’ earth coloured Farangis. 
"The Fara rangi peasant dresses exactly like rage Hindu or 
Muhammadan ryot, but on gala days, especially among the 
wealthier classes, the peculiar costume, still worn at C naan 



1 [The only case known to me in Eastern Bengal was that regarding 
the right to appoint to the living of Padri Sibpur, Bakarganj, which 
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they amb 27 be jurisdiction of the Bishop of Deacon: H.E.S. | 
