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from complete extinction, reconrse must again be bad to the Italian 
Capuchin monks as missionaries; for there is not a single one, out 
of the many fat native bonzes who are to be found strolling idly 
through the streets of the towns, and scandalising all true Christians 
with the laxity of their lives, who would consent to exchange his 
rich prebend for the hard life of an Indian aldeamento. 
