returned to Chandernagore where he felt comparatively better for about two months. Then he gradually became worse and towards the middle of June was attacked with a severe pain in the sides. Finding no cure there, he returned to Calcutta. The eminent physicians were called in one by one. None could give him permanent relief. Their tender care and the ceaseless attendance of his devoted kinsmen only served to prolong his life up to the 28th July. Intense as his sufferings were, the fortitude that he displayed was marvellous. His calm and serene countenance sometimes deceived the watchers awakening fresh hopes, only to scatter them in a few days. As he could not bear the rattle of carriages, straw was spread over the adjacent streets. The municipal corporation was sympathetic enough to prohibit the passing of heavy scavenger carts by that lane. All these noble efforts could not check the progress of the fatal malady, the symptoms of which constantly changed. The patient at last
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