rsl famliTe!? have gone aw«y frani uh, 

 from triujiuiftiincy niid <il1it:r eau:>cii ; 

 but, it is to be htiped that ilic iiunilier of 

 deaertffi^ wiJl with time be diininMied* 

 By frtf lh« greater part urcraithful 

 aitd itppefir attLiclied to ilit'ir ri^Iigion* 

 Thou|;;h m\r Jiuccess has been couipai H- 

 livcljf iijbigtiificaut, hUU it U veiy «oii- 

 soliii^ and ivhcn cam pared to 



maiD of Uie Catliufu; Mi^sioiij^ tii Mer- 

 gut, JSiaiiij and CuctiiiiChiuu. OurChris- 

 tiazi Afmitr^s liave entire) v fJirowa 

 asjldb their super,stitionSj and their Pa- 

 yran customs, to adopt the habtts mid 

 taitk of Cjiriiitla»tj ; they Uhvq vklm 

 lost that ^avii^9 and ^vatidering dia- 

 poiiitiun wblrAi charaiUeri&ed thcui^anid 

 have become i-ivUized, intelligent^ and 

 less tiiiiid aud diliident ; — merny have 

 commenced Jo eultlvate gardens and 

 fmit ifcci^t and t^evarrd have ^ut 

 pig« and bufT^loejt. Thwugh we lijiive 

 not yet beeu elile to get tli^m to 

 cwttWate r'n;e fields, wc: iiope^ luivrevcr, 

 that tUvy nnJI soon do so, for it U ccr- 

 taln [hat by iar the Jarf^est number 

 ft re attai^hed to our Eiitahli,Hhment, 

 round which the fttrest U diitiinUhing 

 day by day, aiul it is evident if they 

 ^ish to remain with us, i bey must cul- 

 tivate rice fields, without whleh they 

 will he forced lor a considerable time 

 ill the year to separate from us. If 

 we can ijuceeed in this, us I have rea- 

 son to believe we will, the cause h 

 definitely gained. Our object ia call- 



