intention to visit Pontevedra and Vigo, which I carried into effect. In
the first of these places I left, as I passed through, eight copies of
the New Testament in the hands of Senor Garcia, the public notary; three
days subsequent, on my return, I found that he had disposed of them, and
I have since sent him a fresh supply. He is a very zealous and exceeding
intelligent person, and I have no doubt will prove a highly useful agent
in Pontevedra and its beautiful neighbourhood, which is the garden of
Galicia. In Vigo I disposed of four Testaments, but was not so fortunate
as to find any person willing or calculated to undertake the charge
accepted by my friend in the former town.

Having reached Padron, in my journey back, I sent my servant and horses
forward to Saint James, and guided by a peasant, proceeded across the
country to Cape Finisterre, on whose rocky sides I so narrowly escaped
being shipwrecked last year. The distance was fifteen leagues, and the
route lay over wild mountains and valleys, where we suffered much from
fatigue and the heat of the sun. Arrived at Finisterre we were seized as
Carlist spies by the fishermen of the place, who determined at first on
shooting us, but at last contented themselves with conducting us
prisoners to Corcubion, where the _Alcalde_ of the district, after having
examined me and perused my passport, ordered me to be set at liberty, and
treated me with all manner of civility. By this journey I accomplished
what has long been one of the ardent wishes of my heart. I have carried
the Gospel to the extreme point of the old world, having left a Testament
in the hands of Antonio de Trava, an ancient mariner of Finisterre, who
took my part in a very friendly manner, and probably saved me from
experiencing much violence at the hands of his companions. Finisterre is
a place of wonders, which I hope at some future time to have the pleasure
of narrating; but at present I must speak of other matters. About one
hundred Testaments have been disposed of at Saint James of Compostella,
and there is at present a steady regular demand for them there which
inspires my heart with gratitude to the Almighty. Shortly previous to my
journey to Saint James, I despatched fifty copies to Lugo, where the Lord
vouchsafed me good success on a former occasion; this second supply being
almost exhausted, I have sent more. Only fifty-eight copies have
hitherto been sold at Corunna, for its inhabitants