| Description | John Sullivan, Collector of Coimbatore, is going to open an English Free school for natives in one of his districts; encloses extract of letter from Narasiah Brahmny, formerly in service of British Commissioner at Tranquebar, now at Coimbatore, to John Dewasagayam; the collector asked Brahmny for a schoolmaster and Ambalavenen, our second schoolmaster in town (son of a farmer) was chosen; while at Coimbatore Ambalavenen will report to C. on the state of schools; A. has taken with him the Bible in English and Tamil and Basil Woodd's 'Advice to Youth'; C. also sent him a load of English and Tamil school books; Poonambalam has gone to Chalambaram. |