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his friend, and obtained for Mr.. Carey the
offer Of no.her st Mudnsbatty, SIX cen miles
south of Maypsul, both 10 the dis rio, of
Dnssepnre. Mr.. Carey reached MAZDA in
June, and they were both soon settled in
this new employment. MI. Thomas conlin
ued 1t MAypaul, I'll June, 1913, nd Mr..
Carey at Mudnabat.y tlli the autumn ot 1899.
Tie following particulars include w 5, IS
most worthy of being noticed IN he progress
IT Tie Mission during. the period oi therr
abode al those places.
/ The Missionaries continued 70 EN- 10y
themselves N tr,nslaling the sr.iPute mo
the Bengalce tongue The ia Quent avuca
ions which Mr. Thomss experienced
physician, left Tie greater part OF this wofk
20 NJ. Carey. vino possessing superior fef
lsh for the employment, and tie better a.
sistsnt gradually oulstrlpped his colleague
in The knowledge of the language, and a.
length ia 1896 look upon himself the whole
charge If the translation. In the spring OF
1900 this work was neatly com leted
2 From the beginning the missionaries
had formed the purpose Of prin ing version
of the Scriptures as early as possible, anil
they were very i'm latent TO see 1t accom-
pIished. - would give, said " Mr.. Thom-
see d .ngat Bible" They repeatedly sp.
piled 20 the Society in Englan for ,ypes x
a printing press. But not being able 10 oo
tam these as soon as they wished, they de
term ned 10 begin 10 print with The types &
presses found ~ the country, and AT her
own expense. In this also they were disap
pointed. A food, which that season iniur.
ed the indigo, impov asished them so much,
Al. a. fl,fl tftts
wards the close OF the year 1877, a Letter
Foundery for the Languages d India was
established at { aicuzta. M. Carry ~ once
proposed 10 estblish press al Mudnabstty,
The press itself 10 be made in the country
bu. about the middle of the X year one
was brough. from England and advertised
Tor sale al Calcutta. He eagerly secured 1t,
and on he 23d September ii arrived safe al
Mudnsbat.y, lust as he had received from
me new foundery proposals tor CASING n
fount oftypes.
8. As early as April 1896 Mr.. Carey had
commenced the study oil The Shanse ii III
order 10 read the snAsIers. IL soon became
sppsren,, thai ne Was reaching forward with
great proficiency IN thai language. BY the
middle of the year 1897 ne had go, Shan
scrit, Bengalee, and English Dictionary lat
advanced.
4. On the first day of November 1885
Messrs. Carey and Thomas formed church
of four me mbers, ltbe Two Missionaries, Mr..
Powell, nephew TO Mr.. Thomas, who &C.
compsnied bm from Ens land, and died
IN 1909, and Nh Long, Dapn2ed by MIR
Tnomss while in lndis, before and ~iserwaId
excluded j and the year sfter Mr.. Carey
wrote TO the church IN Leicester tor q dis
mission.
S. In April, 1895, Mr.. Fountain sailed
from England, aud on the l0.h OF October
arrived at MudnabAt,y. From him M
Carey received not n little aid IN com yieung
his Bensaiee Translation of ,he SCRIPTURES.
The Missionaries had repeatedly urged the
society To increase thelr numJer. That
wish was al length grsllhed by the arrival
OF four new ministers. Messrs' Marshman,
Brunsdon, ana CRAM, with their wives, Mr
Ward, and Mas ridd, lwho was engaged
to Mr.. Fuunls,n.) sailed from Lof don May
IS, 1899, and on lie 'S.h OF OesoDer arrived
al Se!ampore, u DANISH settlement fife en-
miles above Calcutta. Aiier an Illness oil
four ds,s Mr.. Grant WAS temoYed ON the
last of o tooer. rhe factory az Mudnabat
Is vas hen about to be rehnqulshed on &c.
c unit OF HE failure VI crops, and MIR. Carey 5
engagement was within /. W weeks oil ex-
pirng. ne hs1 tsksn a small place At hid.
derpore, twelve mites distant, where he m
tended to carry on little business and
rect houses ior his newly arrived irlenus
but the English government refused TO let
ne Missionaries 30 up the country, and Mr..
Carey was obliged 10 remove wl,h MI ioun.
ain to SerampOte. where he arrived win
ms family on he 10Th OF January, 1900.
The rent of lodgngs being hign, the Mia.
4ionares purchased house with a consld
cradle quantity OF land on the bank OF 'he
river, the rent Of which IN iour years would
have announced To the prlce.
no Be continued