All speak well of the Jesuits and other missionaries, as the Capuchins, etc., for having attended diligently to the instruction of the children.

They were supposed to have a tendency to take the part of the people against the government, and were supplanted by priests, concerning whom no regret is expressed that they were allowed to die out.

In viewing the present fruits of former missions, it is impossible not to feel assured that, if the Jesuit teaching has been so permanent, that of Protestants, who leave the Bible in the hands of their converts, will not be less abiding.

The chief Bango has built a large two-story house close by the convent, but superstitious fears prevent him from sleeping in it.
The Portuguese take advantage of all the gradations into which native society has divided itself.

This man, for instance, is still a sova or chief, has his councilors, and maintains the same state as when the country was independent.