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in the promoting of Trade (without which the Miſſion could not ſubſiſt) but little remains for promoting the proper End of the Miſſion, which is the Converſion of the Heathens, in which at preſent are employed no more than four Miſſionaries,Four Miſſionaries, two Catechiſts, and ſome of the Natives Children maintained at both Colonies. and two Catechiſts, beſides ſome few Charity Children belonging to both Colonies, whoſe Entertainment is to be provided for. Hitherto we have not been able to do great Matters, but contented ourſelves with ſome Excurſions here and there inſtructing the Natives; who likewiſe, when they have had an Opportunity, come to us with their Families to be inſtructed. But as theſe Excurſions of ours, and thoſe Viſits of theirs have not been very frequent, and only for a ſhort Time, by Reaſon of the Impoſſibility of travelling at all Seaſons, which has obliged us to leave them for a while to deal for themſelves; it is not to be expected that our Pains-taking ſhouls have had that Succeſs, which would attend it, if there were Miſſionaries ſettled in different Stations amongſt them. For in ſeveral Years we count but between 20 and 30 aged Per-
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