"Canara 1880 / Letters and Reports from South Karnataka, 1880."

This volume consists of the following sections: Canara District (11 documents); Mangalore (51); Mulki (14); Udipi (13); Karkal (3); Kundapur (8); Honowar (21); Anandapoor (31); Merkara/Madikeri (15). Selection of interesting documents based on a reading of the captions in the section indexes: District Chairman reports on a tour of all the stations of Southern Karnataka (including Kurg) (Canara District 8) Outstations Rawaneshwara & Hosadurga (Mangalore 15, 16 & 21); Financing of the use of oxen and horses for travelling (Mangalore 24, 25 & 26); Possibility of starting a mission station in the Kasergod Taluk (Mangalore 50 & 58). Increasing numbers of pupils in the Kannada-medium elementary school and the significance of the teacher Subbarao in this connection (Mangalore 55); Padur (including the building of a prayer room) (Mulki 68, 74 & 75); "An orphan because of famine in Anandapoor at the boarding school in Mulki (Mulki 73) The teachers’ training college Udipi at the end of the academic year 1879-80 (Udipi 81) A missionary’s ordinary working week (Udipi 83) Detailed reporting on the Middle School Udipi, including a timetable (Udipi 84, 89 & 90) (the timetable has periods for Greek, Astronomy, native songs....) "A Sunday in Mudar" (Karkal 93) The Hindu Festival in Udipi (Kundapur 96); Translations of B. Soans’ reports on the baptism of an adolescent, on preaching at Hindu festivals, and Hindu objections to Christianity (Kundapur 97, 98 & 101) First baptisms in Basarur (Kundapur 100) Brahmin conversions in Kerki and other places (Honowar 103) German translations of S. Bunyan’s reports on preaching journeys in the Honowar district (Honowar 114, 118 & 121) Missionaries report on preaching journeys in the Honowar district (Honowar 115, 116, 122) Deacon Kamsika reports on the Honowar congregation (Honowar 119) Mrs Gengnagel has a three and a half-page report on the girls’ school in Honowar and her house-to-house visits (Honowar 124) A conflict between Kaundinya and Eble generate the documents Anandapoor 131-144. Hindu festival in Kurchi (Anandapoor 145); Travelling in southern Kurg (Anadapoor 147); "The farmer or tenant of Ammattinad" (Kaundinya) (Ananadapoor 148) Kaundinya on the Talekwari & Kodagas, the Kembatti Holeyas, the Balagai Holeyas in Mysore and the Basavi (Anandapoor 149). Attempted purchase of the Taylor Compound in Mercara (Mercara 156-160, 162-4, 167) (including map to show its location and discussion as to how the purchase can be financed. Civil Law in Kurg (Mercara 168).

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