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at Tutucoreen, is, we understand, stationed at Caulaugh, one of 

 the conquered places on the Malabar Coast, as also D. Doncker 

 at Cranganoor, which town is likewise taken." In another 

 letter from Galle to Jaffna, dated May, 1662, the clergy say: — 

 " The state of our Church is, thank God, reasonable, the work 

 in the town is accompanied with much edification ; but as to 

 that among the native people, it holds on indeed its course, 

 but with many knocks and thumps. The schools are flourish- 

 ing in the accession of numbers ; but we want men to deal 

 with them in their own language. With but the intervention 

 of interpreters, and two or three visits in the year, our other 

 duties not alio wins; us to make them more frequent, we cannot 

 expect much joyous fruit." Besides the forenoon Dutch Ser- 

 vice at Galle, instruction was given on Sunday mornings, at 

 10 o'clock, to the Singhalese, by means of an Intepreter, and in 

 the afternoon, at 4, to the Malabars, in like manner. There 

 was also a Thursday afternoon public catechising for European 

 children. At Jaffna, Mr. Baldeus began this year to translate 

 the Psalms of David into Tamil, Avith the view of introducing 

 public singing into the native congregations : several sermons 

 also were translated by him into Tamil ; but he was much 

 impeded in the prosecution of this work by the great want of 

 able native assistants. A letter by Baldeus and others dated 

 Jaffna, October 1662, says: — "The state of our Church is 

 pleasing, we see with joy its progress and results, but not 

 without great labour and trouble. A fortnight ago the Lord's 

 Supper was administered in the country to 28 native blacks, 

 and not Mistisen (this was the designation of the Portuguese 

 mixed descendants) and out of the vast body of those who are 

 professing Christians, a greater accession of Church Members 

 may still be expected. In the Fort we have at present but 92 

 members, for the greater part of our Garrison has joined the 



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