On our way down river last year, we were overtaken by the report that the Catholic mission had been attacked by a mob the very day after our departure. Very little hope was then entertained for the safety of our stations, but, remarkably enough, nothing was touched, not even our new-built foreign house, scarcely a thousand feet distant from the Catholic mission. the same manner the converts suffered hardly any persecution worth mentioning, as compared with the Catholics, who were made "to eat bitterness," and who, for the time being, recanted in great numbers. And this despite the fact that the foreign priests stayed hero throughout the storm. Of course, we are told that this discrimination against the Catholics is accounted for by the overbearing manner in which they had been wont to deal with their neighbours, but while this accusation does seem to be based on indisputable facts, I have no doubt that the priests are being treated to very different explanations. At any they hare now got the upper hand aga and are taking back with interest whatever they lost last year, whether property or
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