low Rachore on the south, and from Budrachellum on the Godavery in the east, westward to Purainda, 17 miles from Poona, embracing an area of 95,000 square miles. The Telinga language meets the Mahratta and Karnata at Beeder. The missionary station alluded to, is at Vizagapatam, in the Collect orate of the same name. The territories of the Nizam have never been entered, it is believed, by the Christian missionary.

Mr. and Mrs. Day, and Mr. Abbott, were designated to commence the Telinga mission the 20th of September last, and on the 2d day following took passage, with other missionaries, in the ship Louvre, for Calcutta. The measures they would adopt on their arrival at that port, whether to accompany Mr. Sutton to Orissa, or to proceed directly to Madras, were left to the indications of Providence. One of their earliest objects will be to acquire an adequate knowledge of the Teloogoo language; and another, to ascertain the most favorable point at which to enter on their labors. Either of these could be prosecuted to good advantage both in Orissa and at Madras. Considerable intercourse is carried on between Orissa and the Collectorates, and many of the Telingas are accustomed to resort there, while, at Madras, the language spoken by the native population is said to be the Teloogoo, under the common name of Malabar. Possibly, however, the missionaries will find it expedient to proceed, with very little delay, to their contemplated field of operations, in which case an important position may be found at Rajahmundry, Vizagapatam, or Masulipatam.

At some future, and, we hope, not distant day, it may be found advisable to penetrate into the interior, and to establish missionary posts at Hyderabad and other cities of the Nizam. No impediment to the propagation of the gospel is apprehended in any part of his dominions, sustained as he is, in his authority, by the forces of the East India Company, while the comparative coolness and salubrity of the climate are favorable to extensive itineracies.

In commencing a series of missionary operations in the regions we have now indicated, the Board have learned with high satisfaction that much important preparatory work has been done, in the kind appointment of God, to convey the knowledge of his salvation to this benighted people. If we cannot say, in the language of the Calcutta Appeal, an Appeal addressed to the American churches on behalf of British India, at the very time, though mutually unaware, when the Board were devising the means of commencing the Telinga mission,-if we cannot say, as may be said of Bengal, “the seed has been scattered abroad, and the fields are white for the harvest," we can at least say, "the soil is ready for the reception of the seed, and the seed ready to be sown." As early as 1809, a Telinga version of the New Testament had been made by the Serampore missionaries, and though it perished in the destructive fire of 1812, it was prepared anew, and printed in 1817-18. The Telinga Pentateuch was also printed by the Serampore missionaries in 1821. And since that time the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, to whom the charge of completing the Telinga Scriptures was then transferred, have been laboring with commendable zeal in the same good work, while the Religious Tract Society, also of Madras, have been providing Teloogoo tracts and other valuable publications, among which are Hymns, Catechisms and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. What is now mainly wanted, is men. "The present number of missionaries," says the Appeal just mentioned, " is very inadequate even to carry on the stations already in existence, much less to extend the sphere of their exertions, which would be so desirable." Let the requisite number of missionaries be furnished-the duty specially assigned to the American churches-and the work is ready to their hands. They may at once enter in and plant, and reap, and gather unto everlasting life.

MISSION TO THE SHAN'S.

Missionaries, Rev. NATHAN BROWN, Mrs. BROWN, Mr. OLIVER T. CUTTER, printer, Mrs. CUTTER.

"Shan," says Mr. Jones, "is the name given by Burmans and Siamese to the Laos country." It is not limited, however, to that region, or to the people who dwell there. "Their kindred races," says the British Resident at Gowahatti, "extend throughout the country, whence arise all the mighty rivers from the Burrampooter, to Kianguan (the river of Nankin;) they occupy entirely the two

frontier provinces of Ava-Hookoom and Moongkoom; they occupy all the east bank of the Irrawaddy; they stretch down the Salwen to Tenasserim; Laos and Siam and Cochin China are their proper countries; they compose half the population of Yunnan, a great proportion of that of Salwen, and stretch up into that district that has always baffled the Chinese, between Thibet, Tartary and Sechuen; whilst Assam is chiefly populated by the overflowings of this great people. The Cacharese are Shans; and the governing race of Upper Assam for many centuries, the Ahoms,-are a tribe from the highest eastern sources of the Irrawaddy."

Various estimates have been given of the numbers belonging to the Shan tribes. Spread abroad over so many and extended regions, they cannot be few. They are represented by Capt. Jenkins, the gentleman from whom we have just quoted, to be ten times as numerous as the Burmese. Their character is also said to be much superior to the Burman. Those whom Mr. Kincaid saw at a Shan mart, a short distance from Ava, appeared to be a mild and industrious people, and by their dress and manufactures indicated a state of society much more advanced in civilization than the Burmese. Many of them dwell in large towns; other tribes are agricultural; some are engaged in traffic. The Khamtis, who live in the north-east district of Assam, are " a fine bold people, and their neighbors, the Sing-phos, though less civilized, are a good-tempered, simple race."

Their religion has been generally supposed to be Boodhism. The Khamtis and Sing-phos are called Boodhists, and the Ahoms were probably sectarians of some branch of Boodhism, though they had not the image of Boodh in their temples, and do not appear to have been idolaters. But whatever their religion is, it is not Christianity. The true God is to them, still," the unknown God," and, with here and there an exception, the name of Christ has not been heard by them. Occasionally our missionaries in Burmah have announced the gospel to such as Providence cast in their way; but no herald of salvation has ever ascended their rivers or traversed their plains; the feet of them that publish glad tidings have never been seen on their mountains; and so far as we have been able to learn, not a solitary individual of these unnumbered millions has believed on Him through whom only is the remission of sins.

The point at which it is proposed to commence operations to evangelize this benighted people, is Sadiya, situate at the north-east extremity of Assam, a country formerly subject to the emperor of Burmah, but of late under the nominal control of a native prince, protected by the Honorable East India Company. The Board were directed to this place, in the first instance, by Messrs. Pearce and Trevelyan, of Calcutta, and through them, by Captain F. Jenkins, the gentleman to whom reference has already been made, and to whose kind offices, in connection with Messrs. Trevelyan and Pearce, the Board are indebted, under God, for "so wide and effectual an opening " into the heart of countries hitherto deemed inaccessible. According to their representations, indeed, it would be difficult to find a position more inviting in itself, or more commanding. The country is believed to be healthy, on the testimony of English residents after a trial of many years; the climate is pleasant, the soil is exceedingly rich, and the tribes with whom the mission will be brought into immediate contact, the Khamtis and Sing-phos, are intelligent and well-tempered.-But its principal recommendation is the bearing which it seems to have upon adjacent countries and the missions already in progress in Siam and Burmah. From Sadiya the communication is open with Yunnan in China, and by this route a corps of scientific gentlemen were intending the last season to penetrate the interior of that country for the purpose of inquiry respecting the tea plant. It lies near the head waters, it will also be recollected, of the Kiangku, or Nankin river, which runs through the centre of China. "I hope," says Mr. Brown, "the Board will avail themselves of this opening of Providence, and immediately send out one or two missionaries with a view to enter China. They might leave their families at Sadiya, while they went to explore the country, previous to making a permanent settlement, and, in case they should at any time be driven from China, they might find a safe retreat and a fine field of labor among the Shans." An equally direct communication is presented on the north with Bootan and Thibet, countries under the sway of the Grand Lama, and the seat of the Shaman religion, hitherto unvisited by the Christian missionary. Lassa, the capital of Thibet, and the residence of

the Grand Lama, is situated near the Burrampooter, which flows thence through the whole extent of Assam, and might be easily reached, it is believed, from Sadiya. The Chinese, too, have considerable trade with Lassa, and it is not improbable that Sadiya lies on, or near, one of their thoroughfares. "On this side," says Mr. Trevelyan, "Bootan, and Thibet, and more countries and people than we have any accurate knowledge of at present, lie open to the messengers of the gospel." Similar facts exist in relation to Assam and Cassay, (Katheh.) South-west from Sadiya lies the whole extent of Assam, bisected by the Burrampooter; and the nearest missionary station is Gowahatti, under the direction of the Serampore mission, distant several hundred miles; while at the south, Manipur, the capital of Cassay, (the country between Assam and Burmah,) at the distance of about 200 miles, and entirely destitute of the light of the gospel, is easily accessible by a road travelled at some seasons by cavalry. Further to the east, is the district of Bong, inhabited by Koukies, (supposed to be a tribe of Shans,) and this again borders close on Bamoo (or Bomau) the northernmost city of Burmah, lying on the Irrawaddy, which washes the golden city, and within 20 miles of the Chinese border. The relation of Sadiya, as a missionary station, to the Siam and Burmah missions, is of no less interest. The Meinam or Siam river might be ascended about two thirds of the distance from Bankok to Sadiya, and a chain of missionary posts extended through the whole length of Laos, and along the south-western border of China. And if Bomau were occupied by missionaries from the north, the whole length and breadth of Burmah might be speedily filled with the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.

"All this," says Mr. Kincaid, speaking of the desirableness of planting a branch of the mission at Bomau, with a press at Ava, and Burman assistants travelling incessantly between Ava and Bomau, preaching the gospel and distributing tracts,-"all this is practicable, and vastly desirable; and when we consider the end to be obtained, we ought to be willing to risk ease and health, and even life itself. These regions, that have never been trodden by the messengers of peace, might soon lift up their hands to God. O, that American Christians would take a careful survey of this vast field, and send up their united petitions to the God of all grace, in behalf of these nations."

The individuals designated to commence the mission at Sadiya, have already been named. Their appointment, made originally by the missionaries at Maulmein with entire unanimity, was eminently judicious, and has received the cordial sanction of the Board. Mr. Brown having assiduously prosecuted the study of the Burman language for nearly two years, and Mr. Cutter having had some experience in printing eastern languages, they will be prepared to enter at once into their work among a people whose dialect and written characters bear a close resemblance to Burmese and Siamese, and many of whom are able to understand and speak the former. The Board have also the satisfaction to believe that this arrangement will be entirely agreeable to the gentlemen who have taken so deep and active an interest in the establishment of the mission. "I know of no person," Capt. Jenkins writes, " to whom I would more willingly apply, to select a missionary, than Dr. Judson. The connection of the Sadiya dialects and tribes with the Burmese language and country, makes it obviously most important to get a gentleman from the Rangoon mission; otherwise we should be losing a year of precious time, whilst the individual was acquiring a competent knowledge of the Shan languages, which a Burmese scholar will master without difficulty." Such indeed was the solicitude of this gentleman to forestall the least unnecessary delay, in supplying Sadiya with a missionary, that he proposed to contribute 1000 rupees as "his mite towards the establishment of a mission family in that place," and whenever they had had a press at work six months, to double that sum, if he remained in charge of the Province.

Messrs. Brown and Cutter, with their families, arrived at Calcutta from Maulmein, September 2, and were expecting to set out for Sadiya, about the 1st of November, after the close of the rains. The ascent would probably occupy four months. Mr. Cutter would take with him a printing-press procured at Calcutta, for present use, together with a standing-press, 100 reams of paper, and a sufficiency of Burmese and Roman type with diacritical marks in Shan, &c.; also a type-mould and some type metal. An additional press with a full supply of printing materials will be sent out to the station during the current year, and a complete set of Shan characters prepared as early as practicable.

DOMESTIC OPERATIONS.

MISSIONARY APPOINTMENTS.

During the year ending April 1, 1836, the Board have commissioned, exclu sively of native assistants in Burmah, thirty-two missionaries and assistant missionaries; thirty of whom have entered upon their work, or are on their way to their respective fields of labor; one has been released from his engagement, on account of sickness, and one removed by death.

Their names and designations are as follows:

Germany.-Rev. J. G. Oncken, Mr. C. F. Lange, assistant.

Liberia.-Mrs. Elizabeth Mylne, Rev. A. W. Anderson.

Chinese.-Rev. Jehu Lewis Shuck, Mrs. Shuck, Rev. Alanson Reed, Mrs. Reed,

Siam.-Rev. Robert D. Davenport, printer, Mrs. Davenport.

Telingas. Rev. Samuel S. Day, Mrs. Day, Rev. Elisha L. Abbott.

Burmah.-Rev. Lovel Ingalls, Mrs. Ingalls, Rev. James M. Haswell, Mrs. Haswell.

France. Rev. Erastus Willard, Mrs. Willard, Rev. D. Newton Sheldon, Mrs. Sheldon, Rev. Louis Dusart, Mr. Alexy Moutel, assistant.

Ottawas.-Miss Mary Bond, Miss Sarah Day.

Ojibwas.—Miss Nancy Brown, Judson Bingham, assistant.

E. Cherokees.-Oganaya, native preacher.

W. Cherokees.-Rev. Chandler Curtiss.

Choctaws.-Rev. Eber Tucker, Alanson Allen, M. D.
Shawanoes.-Mr. Robert Edmonds.

Miss Eleanor Macomber, who was also recently designated to the Burman mission, was formerly connected with the mission at Sault de Ste. Marie,

FOREIGN AGENCY.

On the 22d of September last, Rev. Howard Malcom, a member of the Board, and late pastor of the Federal Street Baptist church, Boston, embarked in the ship Louvre, for Calcutta, under appointment to visit our missionary stations in South-eastern Asia. On arriving at Calcutta, and having provided, as far as may be, for the favorable commencement of the Telinga mission, he will proceed, by the earliest opportunity, either to Burmah or Siam, and there enter on the more direct objects of his important trust. In the right prosecution of these, he will of course need, and will undoubtedly receive, the hearty co-operation of the missionaries at their respective stations. At the same time he will avail himself of all suitable opportunities for more extended inquiry, and for personal observation, and will endeavor to ascertain such facts and principles as will best aid the Board in the future prosecution of their work, either at the stations already occupied, or at those which shall be established in connection with them, and in extending our operations to adjacent countries, especially among the Chinese, the nations bordering on the south and west of China, and the islands of the China Sea.

Mr. Malcom's intercourse with the missionaries will, also, it is believed, be highly gratifying and salutary to them, and will tend to perpetuate the mutual confidence and harmony that have so happily existed among them, and between them and the Board, and which are so essential to the right discharge of the momentous duties devolved upon us.

The term of his absence will be limited to the shortest period required to effect satisfactorily the designs of his appointment,

DOMESTIC AGENCIES.

The operations of the Board in this department of their work have been enlarged the past year by the appointment of two additional agents, Rev. Samuel

Cornelius, of Alexandria, D. C., to labor in Virginia, and Rev. Jesse Hartwell, of Charleston, S. C., to labor in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

Mr. Cornelius entered on his appointment August 31, and appears to have been met with great cordiality by all the churches and associations whom he visited.

The labors of Mr. Hartwell, which have as yet been confined for the most part to South Carolina, have also been well sustained. "The missionary spirit," he writes, "is fast increasing among us. Persons, a few years ago enemies to the blessed cause, are now coming forth to our aid. Wherever I go and plead the cause of the heathen, I find a sympathy prevailing which leads to action." The Board are happy to say, that since the 1st of January, 1836, Mr. Hartwell has been wholly given to the duties of his agency, having been prevented by previous engagements from rendering heretofore other than occasional, though highly serviceable aid.

The services of the Rev. Alfred Bennett have been essentially the same as in former years. During the first part of the year he labored with encouraging success among several associations of the western counties of New-York, and since then has travelled extensively, in Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In all these states the cause he has advocated has been generally received with favor. Occasionally, however, he has found reason to lament the ignorance and apathy, and even the hostility both of ministers and churches, in respect to its sacred and urgent claims.

In addition to the labors of the permanent agents, occasional journies have been made to different, and sometimes remote sections of the country, by the Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, for the purpose of attending meetings of Associations and Conventions. In some instances, when detained by other duties, their places have been supplied by members of the Board, and, in particular, Messrs. Jacobs and Warne.

PUBLICATIONS.

In accordance with the views of the General Convention, expressed at their last meeting, the Baptist Missionary Magazine, published under the direction of the Board, has been confined more exclusively, from the commencement of the present volume, to subjects relating to missions, and specially the missions of the Board. Other modifications of minor importance have also been made, and the price of subscription reduced to $1,00 per annum in advance. During the same period, the circulation of the Magazine has been increased by about 1,200 copies. Of the Annual Report of the Board, 8,500 copies were printed, 4,000 of which were circulated in the Valley of the Mississippi. The Board continue to feel a deep interest in the widest possible diffusion of missionary intelligence. They believe, that, notwithstanding the efforts heretofore made to inform the public mind respecting the state of the heathen world, and their claims upon the sympathies and charities of the Christian church, the number is comparatively small, even in our own country, of those who have a just apprehension of the vastness of the multitude to be relieved, their deplorable condition, and the utter inadequacy of the means hitherto employed to work out their deliverance. Some foreign missionary periodical ought to be in the hands of every Christian family; and among the thousands of Baptist churches in this country, the circulation of the Missionary Magazine, it is hoped, will be still further, and rapidly enlarged.

CO-OPERATION OF OTHER BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

In addition to the generous donations of individuals, both in India and in this country, the Board have the pleasure to acknowledge repeated and valuable grants from several kindred Institutions, particularly the American Bible Society, and the American, the General Baptist, and the London Tract Societies. Engaged in one common cause, their co-operation has been tendered and received with mutual cordiality and common benefit. To what extent the Board may rely on the continuance of their aid in future years, and what measures may be requisite to meet its apprehended withdrawal on the part of the American Bible Society, in consequence of resolutions passed by the Board of that Society