To use the words of the Provicaire, the Chinese are "_trop materialistes_" to become Christian, and, as they are all "liars and robbers," the faith is not easily propagated amongst them.

Rarely have I met two more charming men than these brave missionaries.

French, they told me, I speak with the "_vrai accent parisien_," a compliment which I have no doubt is true, though it conflicts with my experience in Paris, where most of the true Parisians to whom I spoke in their own language gave me the same look of intelligence that I observe in the Chinaman when I address him in English.

Pere Moutot has been twenty-three years in China--six years at the sacred Mount Omi, and seventeen years in Suifu; Pere Beraud has been twenty-three years in Suifu.

They both speak Chinese to perfection, and have been co-workers with the bishop in the production of a Mandarin-French dictionary just published at Sicawei; they dress as Chinese, and live as Chinese in handsome mission premises built in Chinese style.