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none, (o my knnvi^leilge, hare had the 

 courage to eatoblUJ I any Mbsiim amwnif 

 the natives ami much he>$ atnori^ tUe 

 aborigines; tJiey have pteferred to 

 impose on the hw pagnus wtm have 

 apked ihem for UapLli^in ihe hani eon- 

 diiion to leorn the Portuguese bn- 

 guage, to adopt tKelr eu^loiii and 

 uea^jes, m a word t(» lase their »mtvi- 

 rality and become altogether Forca- 

 ifueiJe, Thisj system Is very e i^y to 

 the prie&ts * but it offersgreat d»fiirul- 

 ties to tliosc trho wish to serve the 

 True God fpiihout b^iug their nanun- 

 ulily : it ts, I darQ fiay, nnrf asonab[i?, 

 unjust and absurd. Not only hare 

 this rlergy^ from Goa, uegWti^d 

 completely the convernion of the 

 Pagans, but they have utteily neg* 

 fected tijc education and religuiu^ in- 

 struction of Christian Youth, thoti{;h 

 they recciv^ed for many years the 

 amount of one hundred Rupees month- 

 ly to help them to keep a etjhooh I 

 have been at Malacca since the year 

 1847, and I hav^e never &eeo or he^rd 

 of any schuol under their direcLiont 

 unless thfr nnrae of a school he gl^?eti 

 to the assenUiUgc of a few lads learn- 

 ing hoiv to play the viuHt! under the 

 Superintendence of one of the prk'StJ. 

 I regret to say, whil-t I am on thia 

 aobjectt that 1 have often seen these 

 mui^iciana attending with thoir instru- 

 nientBt pagari fuoeraU and reJigioue 

 ceremonieS| thus sharing , at least out^ 



