Um. At Soisgci-tiudjniJigj *i'e fumid a 

 number vi' Siiva^^esi, came aM'^t at 

 the iiiiptiiiU «sf u .sun ot" the Pangolu 

 iif Soiigei-oudj(>Mj(. On ouf re turn 

 Troxn tUh tecoud cxpcditltiii, the priu- 

 ifip&l Inciilf^tils uf which j have re- 

 coil uttd elf? en! I ere, 1 fixed niy i^bode 

 ti]Kin the temiory of ilie Comjiany, iu 

 11 fjlitiie tliree Jea^jiics dis^tiuit from 

 Aliilucvfi;, JU the itJid^t; uf a forQi^t not 

 fnr tVmn uMiilny vilUf^e railed Roum- 

 bia, Trt February 1S48 I «omineiiopd 

 my tstablislmient which I named 

 DousfHii! Maria or viila|?o of Mary, 

 On lUe 14tli Dc<!omUdp of tlic satiie 

 vear, my troit'iy Bishop Imving i:onie 

 to viMt me, Uc bapiiscd^ili persons— mi 

 ihft iGih January IH49 I baptised seve- 

 ral othm myseff. TJie total number in 

 May I8r>l wa^ [ was ob]ig:ed tu re^ 

 J urn to Prance, to recover from the fe- 

 ver of trie wouds nnd mid a ohrc^illc 

 dysentery, I left llie Reverend Messrs, 

 Maistre and Letunmi to complete the 

 Chunrl), of ivJiidi 1 had gailicred to- 

 gether the riiateriiils aecordiu^ to the 

 late inintructlMiis 1 had received, God 

 having restored me my liealtb, I return- 

 fld to JIalatca in -March 18.^3 and arriv- 

 ed iti the midst of my ^ood Savugeg, of 

 whuui I ivas happy io find the num- 

 ber cnmi^iderably incrcj^^ed, I aliiu at 

 this time mside acqnaintance of the 

 colleague, who M, Boufho, had Bent 

 me. Some months nfterwardsi, M, 

 Contant and my^^elf bnpti^ed a number 



