twenty-four pupils. Love-feast once a quarter. On Sabbath we have English preaching at halfpast 7, A. M.; native Sabbath-school, half-past 9, A. M.; Hindoo preaching, 5, P. M. Wednesday evening, English Bible-class. Mrs. H. teaches a school of native girls at her own house. There were six baptisms during the year. There is an English congregation of about twenty-six persons. I took occasion during my stay here to visit the house of a native gentleman who belongs to the merchant caste, and has grown rich by lending money at from 23 to 30 per cent. per annum. In it I found a room consecrated to his idol, and on that part of the roof which covered it I was cautioned not to step, as it is holy ground. The gardens were showy, and abounded in marigolds. On the way back we passed a beautiful tomb, inclosed with brick, planted with flowers, and built for a courtesan by her Mohammedan admirers, who, if their wives were to die, would probably show but little respect to their graves. Our next visit was to the jail, to which the magistrate kindly attended us. An armed guard followed us from department to department, and whenever we stopped drew up behind us, to prevent an attack, a precaution as necessary as if we were moving among tigers. The prisoners are engaged in various manufactures. For minor

offenses whipping is the penalty, as confinement, if caste be preserved, is not dreaded; some, indeed, are pleased with it, and one, on being discharged, asked in distress for what offense he was turned away. Cattle stealing is practiced extensively by companies at great distances, who exchange spoil with each other.

Before leaving I delivered a discourse-Mr. H. interpreting and administered baptism to four persons, and the sacrament of the Lord's-Supper to thirteen natives and some others. While seated in the parlor one day I could but congratulate Mrs. H. on her spacious and beautiful home, its nice furniture, beautiful gardens, and ample stores; but, alas! every one knoweth his own sorrows! She had but lately laid in the grave her youngest child, and the remaining one, as well as herself, was but slowly recovering from diphtheria; and when she said, "What should I do if my husband should die?" I saw the tear starting; and as I replied, "Trust God and his Church," I thought it good to take the fresh air.

NUJEEHABAD.

Setting off at nine o'clock at night we move onward for Nujeebabad, an out-station of Bijnour. Severe shaking, perpetual chattering, no sleep. At 4 o'clock, A. M., we arrive at the

city, encamping at daylight in front of the deserted palace of the Nawab, who, during the rebellion, forfeited his property and life. While Dr. B. cooks breakfast, Mr. Hauser and I explore. The palace is in ruins, but the Summerhouse is in repair. Some things particularly attracted attention; among them, the platform where the Nawab surveyed the women bathing, watching for Bathshebas; the Zenana, which was dark, with lower apartments open toward the court, closed toward the exterior, without a window or an aperture in the wall, though with niches for the lamps; and the Government distillery, where any one may come and make arrack or sherab by paying twelve annas a gallon. It is made from the juice of the sugar-cane, which is fermented in cow-dung vats, then transferred to a rude still, and received, after distillation, in earthen pots sunk in the ground.

Before the English entered the country the natives were temperate; but now, despite their religion, they are indulging in both liquor and opium.

After breakfast we visited our school. It is in an open court, in which is no fire at any period of the year. It is taught by Mohammedans and Pagans, the head master being a Brahmin. I proposed prayer, but was told it was not admis

sible; called for a class in the Bible, but there, was none prepared; asked a large class if any one could recite the ten commandments, but found none; examined classes in reading, grammar, arithmetic, and geography, and found that although in pronunciation and orthography the scholars were imperfect, they in other respects acquitted themselves well. Since my visit the missionary assures me that the school is on more Christian foundations. I noticed a number of citizens at the school, among them the magistrate or headman, and the doctor. The latter took us to his hospital, where he has several house patients, and prescribes for many out ones. He has received a medical degree, and performed most of the operations of surgery. He rarely uses the lancet, but his dispensary contains many active remedies, such as iodide. of potassium, mercury, and quinine. Being a widower, he allowed us to enter his house, where we found his only child, a girl eight years old, seated upon the floor, decorated with gold earrings, and toe-rings, and silver bangles. She arose and recited the Lord's Prayer as the highest compliment she could bestow upon us; after which the doctor, bowing down and placing his face to the floor, asked what good he should do

to me.

At eleven o'clock we are off for Nugeenah, where we have a school and a native helper's house, worth $150. Here, at the bungalow, I was taken sick, but stimulus, applied both internally and externally, so far revived me that I was enabled to pursue my journey the same day, but without examining the school at Nugeenah, which, however, is similar to that at Nujeebabad. The latter city is the larger, containing 20,000 inhabitants. From it may be seen the lower ranges of the Himalayas, twenty miles distant, as the crow would fly. Between the mountains and the town is jungle, in which tigers, boars, and elephants abound.

MORADABAD AND ITS OUT-STATIONS.

From Nugeenah we move on to Gurmaktezer, passing through Chandpoor-city of the moon— about midnight, and reaching at seven o'clock next morning the Mela, a great annual religious gathering or camp-meeting on the holy stream of the Ganges, where we were received by our missionary, Parker. Intoxicated with strange sights and sounds, we rode along the tents far down the river, on which were encamped six or seven hundred thousand people. Happily, among the sounds was the Gospel's joyful one, which we heard in the native tongues from the lips of