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MISSIONS IN THE TELUGU COUNTRY
Alfred Wood helped them through their case and at the
same time taught them the Christian religion. When
they returned to Kudravaram, Alfred Wood followed
them. The whole community of Malas at that village
placed themselves under instruction. Other villages in
the neighbourhood followed. Then Mr. Davies, accom-
panied by Alfred Wood, went to visit them and preached
to all classes of people. The first to be baptised were
thirty persons at Kudravaram, whose baptisms took
place in July 1852.
The movement continued to spread and, in September
1853, eighty persons were baptised at Gubagundam
Jammuladinne. In October, all the Malas of Muty-
alapad (which since 1855 has been a headquarters of the
Mission) applied to be placed under Christian instruc-
tion. They were immediately followed by many from
Gorigenur and Maddur. The village magistrates then
took alarm at the success of the preaching, and, at their
instigation, in December 1853, Mr. Davies was attacked
with violence and driven out by the Sudras of Vanipenta
and Mutyalapad.
Early in 1854, Mr. Davies' health having faUed, he
was compelled to leave Cuddapah. Mr. J. Clay, a student
of the Theological Seminary at \^epery, Madras, was
then ordained deacon and appointed to the charge of
the English congregation in Cuddapah. Meanwhile,
Mr. Davies had made a successful appeal to the S.P.G.
to take up the Mission to the Indians at Cuddapah. Mr.
Clay continued to work for six months under the Addi-
tional Clergy Society, during which short period he lost
his wife and child. Then, in September, his services