Buenos Ayres alone, on Mrs. Fell's, and Mrs. Phillip's behalf; and chiefly, if not entirely amongst those who year by year have co-operated in the general work of the Mission. When we read the letter of Mr. Goodfellow, and remark the faith, and courage, which animate it— when we see those in South America realising the momentous nature of our Mission enterprise, and bidding us to be of good cheer in spite of every difficulty-when we are assured that not in word only, but in act, Protestant Christians in South America are ready to help us -we cannot doubt that God is by these things seeking to encourage us at home to labour more than ever diligently to promote the great work which the Society has

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"Buenos Ayres, South America, Nov. 2, 1860." 'My dear Sir,

"For a long time I have known the Patagonian Missionary Society; and I have now in my desk an unsent letter addressed to you at the close of Captain Fell's first visit to this city; I afterwards did not deem it important, and never sent it. Recent events have more than ever united our interests and sympathies, and I now write again.

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Doubtless, before this shall reach you, the drafts for £50 each for Mrs. Fell and Mrs. Phillips will have reached you. They are the offering of this city made by the purchase of tickets to hear a Concert of Sacred Music in the (American) Methodist Episcopal Church. You may wonder at hearing, as you did from Captain Fell, of his occupying this church and not others, at the opening of what may be called foreign doors to him. But he was such a Catholic-spirited man that he was at home anywhere, and his visits and addresses gave our people great pleasure. The Concert would have been held else

where, but any other obtainable house would have been expensive, and we desired to save every penny for the object. Enclosed you may find a programme, and, if I can obtain one, a ticket. They may be curiosities.

"We sympathise deeply with the Society, and with the various families afflicted by the massacre. The loss has been great, and it has fallen on feeble ones. Should such a work be abandoned on account of the loss of life? I bury in this city every year as many persons as have perished in connection with that Mission, who fall into their graves from the use of ardent spirits. Yet no merchant hesitates to send rum here for sale, or to send his son to enter into business. The number lost in seeking a north-west passage is immensely greater; and since the massacre in Patagonia, and since the intelligence of the loss of Captain Franklin has been confirmed, another expedition has gone in search of icy graves. Even in Patagonia the annual premature loss of life is fearful. The same is true in all lands that have not the Gospel. We are not to recklessly hazard life, but still we are not always to count it dear. The sad events of that Mission have, doubtless, suggested safer methods, which, at the same time, may be more effectual. We have wept with you in your losses, and we hope to rejoice with you in your successes.

"For three years I have been upon this frontier of Protestant Christendom, labouring for the Englishspeaking chiefly, but we are hoping and exerting ourselves to offer the power of the Gospel to those who have its forms merely.

"I am, dear Sir,

Very respectfully and fraternally yours,

W. GOODFELLOW,

Pastor of the Meth. E. Church in Buenos Ayres."

Patagonian Grammar.

(Continued.)

There is, to all appearance, only one conjugation, and no Irregular Verb. There are only two moods, and the same number of tenses. The following is a list of Imperatives, which I collected by listening and observa

"There are, however, several larger rivers in Chili, among which the Maule is the most remarkable. It runs towards the south, through a fine country abounding in timber, and evidently calculated to be the future garden of the republic.

"At the mouth of the river Maypu, in the latitude of 340 S., there is a safe harbour; but this is within a bar upon which is found only eleven feet of water. This river waters extensive plains across which its stream descends.

"The climate of Chili is the finest that is found upon the western coast of South America. During the warmer seasons of the year, the south and south-west winds prevail and temper the heat of the middle latitudes, though they have less force in the northern districts. Early in May, however, these winds usually give place to gales from the north and north-west, frequently accompanied with so much rain as to render it surprising that the soil should retain so much of its original sterility. In the southern districts, the rainy season sometimes continues even for six or seven months, which is sufficient to account for their superior fertility. But notwithstanding this, it has been remarked that there are few countries inhabited by any of the European race where the inhabitants enjoy so near an exemption from infectious and endemic diseases.

"The lands about the capital of Chili, and in the valleys between the Cordilleras of the Andes in these latitudes, are much more fertile than those upon the coast, notwithstanding the greater altitude at which they lie; and this seems to arise from the deposits brought down from the mountains and placed upon the soil during the melting of the snows in the spring

season.