At _Callurcada_ the Christians came to meet me in procession with musical instruments; and as soon as they learned that I was bearer of the above-mentioned letter from the minister, and had brought the _Valkaren_ with me merely on their account, they made the intelligence every where known; so that many of the dissolute females, who were to have been called to an account, immediately absconded. Some of them, however, were punished; but the order for confiscating their property was not carried into execution. In every other respect the injunctions contained in the minister’s letter were strictly obeyed. In the course of this journey one of those worthy priests, against whom complaints had been made to the king, attempted to destroy me at _Tiruvancada_, by putting poison in my drink. As soon as I observed it, I took three doses of a medicine known under the name of the Antidote of Madura, and in great tribulation and distress sought shelter in the Danish factory at _Coleci_. Here I was confined to bed; but, being well nursed and attended, I was able in a few days to continue my journey. In the month of April 1784 the overseers of the temple of _Shiva_ at _Mattincera_ would not permit the missionaries to sow the rice-fields which they had on lease from them. As no other piece of land could be procured at that time, the missionaries complained to M. Van Angelbec, governor of Cochin. This gentleman, finding that the fields lay in the dominions of the king of Travancor, and that he could do nothing in the business, advised me to take a second journey to _Padmanaburam_, in order to procure another rescript from the king; and he at the same time furnished me with some letters of recommendation. On the 21st of April I reached _Padmanaburam_ in safety. I carried along with me the Malabar, English, and Portuguese grammar, which I had composed at _Ciattiyàti_, and which the king had required from me, that the ministers of his court might learn English and Portuguese by the assistance of the Malabar language. Scarcely had the king heard of my arrival when he sent two young noblemen, _Padmanàbhenpulla_ and _Payampalli Curipu_, to welcome me in his name, and to attend me to an audience. I found the king in the _Varanda_, that is, the portico of his palace, sitting on a Persian carpet, and leaning with one arm on a large velvet cushion ornamented with gold fringes. When I delivered to him the grammar, his joy seemed to be beyond all description. In my presence he sent for the two lords of his bed chamber, before mentioned; shewed them the grammar; advised them to study it diligently; and represented to them how necessary it was that princes as well as statesmen, on account of their continual intercourse with the Europeans, should make themselves acquainted with these languages. On this occasion the king presented me with a gold bracelet, a gold style for writing on palm-leaves, and a small knife for cutting these leaves to the proper size.