following, amid general valedictions from all classes of the community.

His approaching departure from Calcutta was the occasion of a public meeting at the Town Hall, presided over by the Sheriff, at which a most complimentary address to the hero of the hour was moved by Mr. (afterwards Sir) Thomas Turton, and seconded by Mr. Mansel, of the Civil Service, the Deputy Accountant-General.

This meeting, which was the first of its kind ever held in Calcutta, was attended by most of the principal residents of the city, European and native.

In replying to the address, Dwarikā Nāth said: 'Gentlemen, this is a proud moment for me and for my country. It is the first time that a native of India has ever received such a testimony of regard from the inhabitants of our Eastern metropolis. The main object of my life has been to improve my native land. I viewed, as the best means of effecting this great object, the charitable institutions and social habits of Great Britain.

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The initiative efforts had already been made by others, and particularly by my lamented friend, the late Ram Mohun Roy. Knowing how imperfect my endeavours have been, I feel conscious that your approbation is rather applicable to the attempt than to any success which is fairly ascribable to me. The good work, however, has commenced, to whomsoever be the praise, and my hopes are high Proud am I, indeed, that my motives and conduct should have been so appreciated and rewarded by my fellow-citizens, both of England and of India.

for the result.

'The expression of your sentiments is doubly grateful to me, for, while it is a matter of the highest congratulation to me, it is not less so to my countrymen. It proves to them and to the world at large how closely the landholders of England and India are united in feelings and in interests, when the humble efforts of a Hindoo are thus rewarded by the united approbation of the British community, as well as by his own beloved brethren of his native land. Most heartily do

I thank you, gentlemen, for the honour you have conferred, and the flattering terms in which it has been expressed. The little

which I have been enabled to do, if not aided by your kind and friendly feeling, would not have entitled me to the kind and flattering distinction of my likeness being placed in the hall of your city. But I will cheerfully accept of the proud distinction, in the hope that it may stimulate others of my countrymen to follow in a course which you have so generously rewarded.'

On January 11, the 'India' left the Sandheads with Dwārikā Nāth and his party, consisting of Dr. MacGowan, his medical attendant; Chunder Mohun Chatterjea, his nephew; Purmananda Moittra, his personal attendant; and four servants. Sir Edward Ryan and Archbishop Carew were among his fellow-passengers.

During the voyage he kept a diary, which, while marked by a certain naïveté, not unnatural under the circumstances, displays no little intelligence and power of observation.

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On February 11 the vessel reached Suez, and on the following day Dwarikā Nāth and his party started for Cairo, which they reached on the 14th. Leaving Cairo on the 24th, in a small steamer, they reached Alexandria the following day. On April 1 they arrived at Malta, whence they embarked on the 11th, in the Polyphemus,' for Italy.

After a rough passage, Dwarikā Nāth arrived at Naples on the 14th, and left again on the 21st for Rome, which he reached on the 23rd, travelling by the road.

As might have been expected, the latter city impressed him greatly.

Description,' he says, in a letter to a friend in Calcutta, 'can convey but very faint ideas of its beauty. Everything is on a grand scale, and St. John's Church, with which I was so pleased at Malta, and also those at Naples, sink into insignificance when compared with St. Peter's, which in size alone would contain about twenty of them, and is far superior in elegance and decoration. One might visit it daily, and always find some

thing new and pleasing to admire. So are the museum, the library, the ruins, statues, paintings, fountains. No doubt Rome stands peerless as far as grandeur and beauty are concerned.'

At Rome Dwārikā Nāth had the honour of being received by the Pope, and, at a party at Colonel Caldwell's, he met Prince Frederick of Prussia and Mrs. Somerville, the mathematician and astronomer.

From Rome he proceeded to Venice, visiting Florence, among other places, by the way. Thence he travelled, via Trent, into Germany, passing through Stuttgard, Heidelberg, Frankfort, and Mayence to Cologne. From Cologne he travelled by railway to Aix-la-Chapelle, from which place he went to Brussels and Ostend, and, posting thence to Calais, embarked there for Dover on June 9.

Arriving in London on the following day, he took up his residence in the first instance at St. George's Hotel, Albemarle Street, but subsequently removed to the house of Mr.