_ 15 _ In the same year (1563) Father Antonio de Guadro sent a letter to Father Diogo Leones, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Cochin, on the 18th of January 1563, and in his letter, he mentioned the island of Socotra:(3) The third place, nearest to where we are, is the island of Socotra. It is full of Christians who remained there after the rime of St. Thomas S. sent two Fathers there last year to help those who were Christian in little else but name. However, the Father who went as Superior died.(A) Since the language is unknown(B) and there is no interpreter, little progress can be made. Another Father, wiser than the (A) Father Joao Lopes. (B) The Sokotri language, which a kind (dialect) of southern Arabic language. (3) Document no. and reference.
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