reached me in due course and in very good time too; for we were without money and eagerly looking out to hear from you. I need scarcely tell you how sincerely I thank you. But your letter has pained me no little. * * *
We should not like to trouble the reader with his numerous letters from Europe to Vidyasagar, which are all full of outbursts of his grateful heart and appeals for fresh remittances. Suffice it to say, that it was solely by the timely kind help of Vidyasagar that he was able to come back to his country as a Barrister-at-law. Endeavours were made by a malicious, mean-minded Indian to throw obstacles in his way, but fortunately he escaped them. He was called to the Bar at the Grey's Inn on the 18th November, 1866. How his heart bounded with delight, he expressed in a letter to his dear friend, Vidyasagar. We crave indulgence to quote some portions of the long letter:—
| "London |
| "7 Bedford Place |
| "Russel Square W. C. |
| 19th November, 1866. |
"My dear friend,
"I am sure you will be highly delighted to hear that I was called to the Bar last night by the Society of Grey's Inn and that I am at last a Barrister-at-law. All this I owe to God and to
