vm.rM&n ot saw som* 



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mniiber of Ciiiucsu students, wiio were to study 

 the Latin and Portuguese languages, so ^ to 

 ffje^cm tkem to pmcedL ^mi^uatksfitto tlb^t 

 interior provinces. Tliey were sent .to the pro- 

 vince> oi'Quang, ton, Quiiiip;, sliee, and Fookien ; 

 tliis class was jmid by tlie Macao Portuguese 

 government ; they were limited to ten, and <3ie 

 eigfms^^ defrayed by govemiKieiit, was fcw^l^ 

 mfm^ ^ m<mth to the padres, for which they 

 were to provi(U^ tho scholars witli food, raiment, 

 and hHlgiiio-. Pdvtuoiiese students are now ad- 

 mitted upou the foundation, the expenses being 

 paid bj ibe parents,, which mimsM W €%M 



lodging, but providing themSi^Ves with clothing. 

 The number of these is not limited ; they are 

 instructed in Latin, Portuguese, Chinese, writing, 

 a^tl other branches of edncation : the establish- 

 iaeot <5f tlie i^tiieE, &c. is snppo^d hy the 



The garden?! attached to the establishriient 

 are kept in a very neat orxler, but presi-nt 

 little attraetioH in flowers, either for butterflies 



fM» bflismsts. Among^ a jmmt>^ of vegetables 

 under cultivaid€»{ iti # &e gasidezl& Hhe 



Pf!, tsai, (Pe, white ; tsai, V(^getable,) or kind of 

 eabbagv, used in hu'fie quantities, and held in 

 Jjigii estinnition by the Chinese. 



