Father Juan del Campo and Father Cosme de Flores remained in Carigara, and undertook the study of the Bissaya language with great fervor.  Father Antonio Pereira and I, with another brother, went on to Sebu in conformity with the order of the father vice-provincial.  Father Antonio Pereira had remained with Ours in these islands from the time of his arrival, as I said, with the king of Siao, waiting for the conclusion of business which the king and.  Father Antonio Marta could not wait for—­the latter, because he could not longer absent himself from his province and subordinates:  the former, because he could not remain longer away from his kingdom and his vassals.  This good father was so eager and zealous for the welfare of souls that, although a guest, he did not permit himself one moment of idleness, but always busied himself in the pulpit and confessional and in other ministries for the welfare of souls.  We reached Sebu in the middle of August, where we found our good father and superior sick, in the house of a regidor of the city; and with him were Father Alonso Humanes, who had gone as superior during the journey from Nueva Espana, and Father Mateo Sanchez.  He presently sent these two fathers to Leite, with orders to divide it into two stations, two fathers in each—­one pair taking Carigara (where the two fathers had remained whom I have already mentioned); the other, Dulac, which is about sixty miles further on.  These are both maritime villages with a situation and territory well adapted for undertaking the conversion of that new people, until then untaught.  The aforementioned Father Alonso Humanes was appointed superior of both stations.  In Sebu Ours had already fixed upon the site which we now possess, partly purchased with offerings from the citizens, and partly bestowed by the city and private persons.  Accompanying the land was a goodly house of wood, which with little work could be made to accommodate the church and our dwelling.  Father Ramon de Prado had remained in Manila as rector, with the other four fathers, two of whom were sent to Taitai to aid Father Francisco Almerique:  of the two who remained in Manila, Father Tomas de Montoya [64] began to teach Latin, and Father Juan de Ribera attended to matters of conscience.

The death of Father Antonio Sedeno, first rector of the college of Manila, and first vice-provincial of the Society of Jesus in the Filipinas.  Chapter XIII.

The first thing which the father vice-provincial, Antonio Sedeno, enjoined upon me on his arrival at Sebu was that I should at all events hasten the completion of the house, and carry him to it, for it was his wish to die in the house of the Society.  This I did, having him conveyed on men’s shoulders in a covered bed, for he was so ill that he could not go in any other way.  I was greatly rejoiced at this, and he was extremely relieved at finding himself in his new home.  His illness was increased by the hardships of the toilsome journey from Manila,