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HCfld ^oiir djildren Ios^IjckjI > the au* 

 flwer IS thH, they do not ^ant to go 

 and how c;in I compel tbern to go ! 

 fourthly, prqudice, Hnd cii.«itom on the 

 part of the some pareiitft ; th^'y saft 

 instance^ f have nol been at school 

 uud my chitdrert shall tiot go to schooL 

 i have been fishing and my children 

 will liave the tiame trader there is no 

 nece,s- iiy to go to sthoul to team how 

 to catch fisheb. The^e are the prin- 

 4-jpat reai^oitfl w^hy I hdve said that at 

 Malavc^f everything was to be dime and 

 ihat the lii(h thai had htm done wat 

 tii be r^udmted, 



Singapore and Pinftng po^iesi^ 

 sujhnola under the direction of the Bro- 

 thers of the *' Christiati Sclioola" and 

 uf the W^^ter8 of the institute oflhe 

 *' Iluly Jtjri^ut J^sus/' III these two 

 i^etile aieiktin.educiiliori h more appre- 

 cjuted than at Malacca ; for ilie^e 

 Sirhuiilsi are numerously attended by 

 Catholic children, whose parents aeeni 

 to understand that ihe heat dowry 

 they could hfrjgeufh to them ^ 

 Himiid, moral and n ligious ed nidation. 

 Tiie Brotherii te^ich only the Kn^^lieh 

 und French laitgua^e^ ^ but the Sleteri 

 teach, bedsides ttiese two languages, 

 Malay fiud t'^ortuguese, when required 

 In ihB reiipei^ive koAlitieii of their 

 iicliuob. The educaLional eBtahtish- 

 meiun of the Brothers and lister e 4r€ 

 not the only Schools we poflsesi in the 

 Mission; iot we hare tnany othen, 



