He says there are 2,000 people in Teposcolula, few of whom are indians.

In his ten churches, he has 12,000 parishioners.

He seemed a devout man, and emphasized the importance of his preaching to his congregation in their native tongue and his.

So convinced is he that the native idiom of the people is the shortest road to their heart and understanding, that he has prepared a catechism and Christian doctrine in the modern Mixtec, which has been printed.

The town itself is desolate; the _plaza_ is much too large, and dwarfs the buildings which surround it, and signs of desolation and decay mark everything.