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[MS 312]

connection, four of whom have been raised up from among the heathens, and two of the Armenian nation. We have likewise two brethren settled in the Burman Empire, There are within the Madras Government seven ministers belonging your Society, one evangelical clergyman, and about six German and Danish ? ?, three or four of whom are certainly men whose hearts are with God. There are also Missionaries in China and Ceylon. In our connections five churches are formed, some of which have been blessed with most encouraging increase. The Lord has asked  us to erect a large place of worship in Calcutta, which is well filled, and this year he has enabled us to attempt the beginning of a charity school, which already contains between thirty and forty scholars, principally the children of  poor Portuguese. These for the Lord has appeared for us and has powerfully wrought for his own names sake. To him be all the glory. 
      We have been enabled to engage in the translation and printing of the holy scriptures in several of the languages of the East and have met with support and success for ? and -tions. The whole bible is published in the Bengalee language. The New Testament in Sanskrit, The New Testament and ? ? to ?, in the ? language, besides which we are ? the New Testament in ?, ?, Chinese, and the language of the ?, and have translations proposed preparing in two or three other languages. I trust the Lord will enable us to go forward in this work till the word of life be published in, at least, these languages.
     I understand that you and your colleagues frequently preach to the convicts and other Europeans in the settlement, you will greatly gratify me by mentioning whether you have had any ? or not, and what ? or ? ? ? with; there is a ? attending the ? ? ? who ? and ? with those who ? which it is not ? to ?; and by those ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[MS 313]

attempts to spread among them the word of life? I doubt not but such attempts though attended with much difficulty in the commencement will be finally successful.
     Some time ago I wrote to you, and in that letter requested you to send me from time to time any articles of natural history which you may be able to procure without much expense. i now ... that request, and assure you that i shall feel much gratified if you will send me any seeds of plants or trees, or bulbous roots of plants; These, will, if packed up dry, and not put in the ship's hold come .... insects, reptiles, serpents that may be sent in spirits, the best is that of putting them into a small cask of rum or brandy which contains two or three gallons. Frogs, toads, serpents, lizards, beetles, and other insects all put together in such a small vessel of spirits and stopped up also, will come safely. if you send living birds by and ship's officers i will gladly pay the expenses of their coming; also shells, fragments of stone and other fossils will greatly add to my collection. i am collecting and describing all the objects of Asiatic natural history that I can journal. i saw a fine collection ... by the Gov of N. South Wales, to the Asiatic ....  pass over to me that it abounds with articles of that ... and the ... plants which it has furnished to England demonstrate what an abundance it may yet furnish. i will gladly repay any little expense you may be at, in collecting these things if you will try to assist my researches by procuring these things for me. 
     I am obliged to leave off. give my love to your colleagues, and be assured that I 
and the prosperity of the missions in which you are engaged

I am very affectly yours
Calcutta 7 March 1810 W Carey

 

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