As for my thoughts of this Society's having appointed that good man, M^ Neau, as Catechist to the negroes and Indians, it is undoubtedly a very good work, and he is wonderfully industrious in the discharge of his duty, and the truth is, takes more pains than he needs, by going from house to house to perform that oifice. And I beheve he would find it as effectual to gam the end, and not the foui'th part of the trouble to himst^lf,

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to appoint set times in having them together at the English Church, or at least so many at once as may be i3roper, and catechise and instruct them. And M"" Vesey assures me he shall be very free and willing to let liim have the use of tlie Church fur that purpose. And now I am on this subject, it wiU be very proper for the Society to dii-ect M^^ Cleator, if he comes over, or any Schoolmaster whom they appoint in their respective places to catecliise and instruct the Negroes and Indians, & that the mmisters in their several parishes were desired to send a list of all the slaves or free negroes & Indians ; the Society would then see how that matter w^as further worth their consideration.

I did in my former letters make mention of one M'^ Bondet, a French Protestant minister* who is in orders from the Eishop of London. He is a good man and preaches very intelligibly in English, which lie does every third Sunday, in his French Congregation, when he uses the Litui-gy of the Church. He has done a great deal of service since his first coming into tliis Country, and is weU worth the thoughts of the Society. The town he lives m, is called New Rochelle, a place settled by French protegtants.