Our Filed June 1927

The following points after lively discussion were settled by the panchayat : 1. An exterior sign was to be worn : for the men a leather band on their right wrist ; for the women a chain on the left wrist."74 2. A sanction : at the first lapse the culprit must ask pardon in public before the whole village in the village chapel on the occasion of the missionary's visit. [...] During the whole exercise deep silence reigned among the crowds ; nothing was heard but the voice of the preacher and the crackling of the fire blazing in the midst. [...] In the meantime the big hall of the convent was being transformed into a chambre obscure." Dreadful pictures of suffering demons and of the souls of the damned were hung on the walls and the whole room was made as suffocating as possible. [...] At about 2 P. M. had to take place the Way of the C“: is in the open in the alleys of the convent garden. [...] Late at night again at the Grotto Be.mdiction of the Blessed Sacrament in thanksgiving for all the graces received during the Mission and offering up the resolutions of the retreat Oat of St.