"Malabar & Nilagiri 1880 / Letters and Correspondence from Northern Kerala and the Nilgiris, 1880."

This volume consists of the following sections: Malabar District (14 documents); Cannanore (31); Tellicherry (13); Chombala (6); Calicut (32); Kodakal (6); Palghat (9); Keti (11); Kotageri (6). Selection of interesting documents based on a reading of the captions in the section indexes (NB by no means all of the Quarterly Reports are given captions in these indexes): Documents Malabar District 5-10 are about the selection of pupils for a new class in the Middle School in Tellicherry, with reports from 5 stations nominating individuals. Election of Congregational Elders (Cannanore 21) House-rent and scale of expenditure on furniture for the catechist Jakob Kumaren in Manantoddy (Cannanore 26 & 27). Diez moving to Manantoddy (Cannanore 20, 28-31, 41) Schönthal’s Quarterly Report on experiences in business (Cannanore 34) is followed by G. Pfleiderer’s remarks in Basel correcting the information given (Cannanore 35) Mrs Schönthal writes about the seasons in Malabar (Cannanore 39) Visit to the local English residents (Cannanore 38). The Parsi school is starting a matric class (Tellicherry 50) Frohnmeyer on the baptism of Sara Wyabari (Tellicherry 53) Annual Reports for the outstations at Chowa (Cannanore 46), Andscharakandi (Tellicherry57) and Koilandi (Calicut 93) are all listed separately. Mission work in and around Mahé (Chombala 63 & 64). On the death of a local "parish missionary" Josef Mirandez (Calicut 80) On the carpentry and weaving workshops, the tile works and the store (Calicut 78, 89, 94-6) Translated reports from the catechist J. Padiath (Calicut 77 & 84) Discussion about opening a mission station in Ernad Taluk (Kodakal 99-100). Life and death of the Catechist Mattu Peter (Paraperi) (Kodakal 101) The preaching hut [sic] near Kodakal (Codacal 102). The missionary Jaus’ early experiences - language learning, visit to Hindu festivals, visit to the mission stations in Calicut and Kodakal, work in school, visit to a Brahmin village (Palghat 107, 109 & 110). Preaching journeys from Keti are described in Keti 118-120 and 122. The orphanage for girls moves from Keti to Kotageri (Kotageri 127).

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