me father in the case
of two other sick persons, whom by the recitation of the gospel and by
the sprinkling of holy water he restored to sense and health, so that
they were able to confess their sins. Further, on two different days
having gone to two children near to death, and deprived of the power
of speech, with the same antidote of the gospel and of holy water,
he restored both to their former health, so that one of them went so
far as to jump suddenly out of his bed and return to his boyish sports.

The same priest also went, for the sake of hearing confession, to a
man who lived a league and a half from the town, whose body was so
weakened and torn by sickness that he could not bear to be touched
or to be turned from one side to the other. When his confession had
been heard and the gospel had been recited, the father went away on
Saturday of that week. On the following Sunday, when the father asked
how the sick man was, he was told that he had been restored to health,
and had gone out to an island in order to get by hunting what was
necessary for his food. One night, while the daughters of one of the
chiefs were chanting the heads of the Christian law, they looked up
from a sort of portico and saw a crucifix in the sky, with a kind of
crown on the head, rough but beautiful, and with the whole body and
breast plainly visible. It shone like the sun, and went up to heaven
until it reached the sphere of the moon; as soon as it had reached
that it vanished. The sight of this vision caused the spectators as
much joy as its disappearance did sorrow. The father commanded that
the whole thing be recounted in church, in the presence of many, by
those very persons who had seen it; although, as that tribe is very
simple and modest, they showed great fear and shame in telling the
story. Afterwards it was learned that the same crucifix had appeared
in another place two leagues away. This vision ought to be recognized
as of greater value because it befell persons of exceeding virtue,
who are persevering in their pristine habits of holy living.

Residence of Samar

Since the inhabitants of this island are scattered along an extended
coast-line of the sea, it was necessary to send six of the fathers for
the greater part of last year to cultivate it, with the results which
might be expected from such missions. We learned from the letters
of Ours that the people of this island who live along the coast
have begun to offer