This good man met him, together with the minister of Palamcotta, bringing a deputation about thirty in number.

The minister was an exceedingly dark man, with a very interesting countenance.

Addresses, interpreted by Christian, were made on either side, and the thirty sang a psalm of thanksgiving in Tamul.

They were only a small deputation, for there were several Christian villages in Tinnevelly, with churches built of unburnt brick, and roofed with palmyra leaves, where the English Liturgy was used, having been translated into Tamul by David.
At Tanjore, the Bishop was received in the most friendly manner by Serfojee, who came down from his throne to welcome him, and caused Mrs.
Middleton to be conducted to visit the ladies of his zenana.

He conducted the Bishop into his library, which contained books in various European languages; also on medicine and anatomy, this being his favourite study, to assist him in which he had an ivory skeleton.