l　at　the　Police　Office　afterwards；　and　to　inform　the　Master　that　we　intended　to　stay　at　Serampore；　till　we　had　leave　to　go　up　the　country。　　Captain　Wickes　called　at　the　office　afterwards；　and　they　seemed　quite　satisfied　with　our　declaration　by　him。　　In　the　afternoon　we　went　to　Serampore。
  〃Oct。　19。I　addressed　a　letter　to　the　Governor　to…day　begging　his　acceptance　of　the　last　number　of　our　Periodical　Accounts；　and　informing　him　that　we　proposed　having　worship　to…morrow　in　our　own　house；　from　which　we　did　not　wish　to　exclude　any　person。
  〃Lord's…day；　Oct。　20。This　morning　the　Governor　sent　to　inquire　the　hours　of　our　worship。　　About　half…past　ten　he　came　to　our　house　with　a　number　of　gentlemen　and　their　retinue。　　I　preached　from　Acts　xx。　24。　　We　had　a　very　attentive　congregation　of　Europeans：　several　appeared　affected；　among　whom　was　the　Governor。〃
  The　text　was　well　chosen　from　Paul's　words　to　the　elders　of　Ephesus；　as　he　turned　his　face　towards　the　bonds　and　afflictions　that　awaited　him〃But　none　of　these　things　move　me；　neither　count　I　my　life　dear　unto　myself；　so　that　I　might　finish　my　course　with　joy；　and　the　ministry　which　I　have　received　of　the　Lord　Jesus；　to　testify　the　gospel　of　the　grace　of　God。〃　It　proved　to　be　a　history　of　the　three　men　thenceforth　best　known　as　the　Serampore　Missionaries。　　Ward；　too；　the　literary　member　of　the　mission；　composed　the　hymn　which　thus　concluded：
  〃Yes；　we　are　safe　beneath　Thy　shade；　　And　shall　be　so　'midst　India's　heat：　　What　should　a　missionary　dread；　　For　devils　crouch　at　Jesus'　feet。
  〃There；　sweetest　Saviour！　let　Thy　cross　　Win　many　Hindoo　hearts　to　Thee；　　This　shall　make　up　for　every　loss；　　While　Thou　art　ours　eternally。〃
  In　his　first　letter　to　a　friend　in　Hull　Ward　used　language　which　unconsciously　predicted　the　future　of　the　mission：〃With　a　Bible　and　a　press　posterity　will　see　that　a　missionary　will　not　labour　in　vain；　even　in　India。〃　　But　one　of　their　number；　Grant；　was　meanwhile　removed　by　death；　and；　while　they　waited　for　a　month；　Carey　failed　to　obtain　leave　for　them　to　settle　as　his　assistants　in　British　territory。　　He　had　appealed　to　Mr。　Brown；　and　to　Dr。　Roxburgh；　his　friend　in　charge　of　the　Botanic　Garden；　to　use　his　influence　with　the　Government　through　Colebrooke；　the　Oriental　scholar；　then　high　in　the　service。　　But　it　was　in　vain。　　The　police　had　seen　with　annoyance　the　missionaries　slip　from　their　grasp　because　of　the　liberality　of　the　Governor…General　of　whom　Carey　had　written　to　Ryland　a　year　before：　〃At　Calcutta；　I　saw　much　dissipation；　but　yet　I　think　less　than　formerly。　　Lord　Mornington　has　set　his　face　against　sports；　gaming；　horse…racing；　and　working　on　the　Lord's…day；　in　consequence　of　which　these　infamous　practices　are　less　common　than　formerly。〃　　The　missionaries；　too；　had　at　first　been　reported　not　as　Baptist　but　as　〃Papist；〃　and　the　emissaries　of　France；　believed　to　be　everywhere；　must　be　watched　against。　　The　brave　little　Governor　let　it　be　understood　that　he　would　protect　to　the　last　the　men　who　had　been　committed　to　his　care　by　the　Danish　consul　in　London。　　So　Ward　obtained　a　Danish　passport　to　enable　him　to　visit　Dinapoor　and　consult　with　Carey。
  It　was　Sunday　morning　when　he　approached　the　Mudnabati　factory；　〃feeling　very　unusual　sensations；〃　greatly　excited。　〃At　length　I　saw　Carey！　　He　is　less　altered　than　I　expected：　has　rather　more　flesh　than　when　in　England；　and；　blessed　be　God！　he　is　a　young　man　still。〃　It　was　a　wrench　to　sacrifice　his　own　pioneer　mission；　property　worth　？00；　the　school；　the　church；　the　inquirers；　but　he　did　not　hesitate。　　He　thus　stated　the　case　on　the　other　side：〃At　Serampore　we　may　settle　as　missionaries；　which　is　not　allow　here；　and　the　great　ends　of　the　mission；　particularly　the　printing　of　the　Scriptures；　seem　much　more　likely　to　be　answered　in　that　situation　than　in　this。　　There　also　brother　Ward　can　have　the　inspection　of　the　press；　whereas　here　we　should　be　deprived　of　his　important　assistance。　　In　that　part　of　the　country　the　inhabitants　are　far　more　numerous　than　in　this；　and　other　missionaries　may　there　be　permitted　to　join　us；　which　here　it　seems　they　will　not。〃　　On　the　way　down；　during　a　visit　to　the　Rajmahal　Hills；　round　which　the　great　Ganges　sweeps；　Carey　and　Ward　made　the　first　attempt　to　evangelise　the　Santal　and　other　simple　aboriginal　tribes；　whom　the　officials　Brown　and　Cleveland　had　partly　tamed。　　The　Paharis　are　described；　at　that　time；　as　without　caste；　priests；　or　public　religion；　as　living　on　Indian　corn　and　by　hunting；　for　which　they　carry　bows　and　arrows。　〃Brother　Carey　was　able　to　converse　with　them。〃　　Again；　Ward's　comment　on　the　Bengali　services　on　the　next　Sunday；　from　the　boats；　is　〃the　common　sort　wonder　how　brother　Carey　can　know　so　much　of　the　Shasters。〃　〃I　long；〃　wrote　Carey　from　the　spot　to　his　new　colleagues；　〃to　stay　here　and　tell　these　social　and　untutored　heathen　the　good　news　from　heaven。　　I　have　a　strong　persuasion　that　the　doctrine　of　a　dying　Saviour　would；　under　the　Holy　Spirit's　influence；　melt　their　hearts。〃　　From　Taljheri　and　Pokhuria；　near　that　place；　to　Parisnath；　Ranchi；　and　Orissa；　thousands　of　Santals　and　Kols　have　since　been　gathered　into　the　kingdom。
  On　the　10th　January　1800　Carey　took　up　his　residence　at　Serampore；　on　the　11th　he　was　presented　to　the　Governor；　and　〃he　went　out　and　preached　to　the　natives。〃　　His　apprenticeship　was　over；　so　began　his　full　apostolate；　instant　in　season　and　out　of　season；　to　end　only　with　his　life　thirty…four　years　after。
  Thus　step　by　step；　by　a　way　that　he　knew　not；　the　shoemaker　ladwho　had　educated　himself　to　carry　the　Gospel　to　Tahiti；　had　been　sent　to　Bengal　in　spite　of　the　Company　which　cast　him　out　of　their　ship；　had　starved　in　Calcutta；　had　built　him　a　wooden　hut　in　the　jungles　of　the　Delta；　had　become　indigo　planter　in　the　swamps　of　Dinapoor　that　he　might　preach　Christ　without　interference；　had　been　forced　to　think　of　seeking　the　protection　of　a　Buddhist　in　the　Himalaya　morasswas　driven　to　begin　anew　in　the　very　heart　of　the　most　densely　peopled　part　of　the　British　Empire；　under　the　jealous　care　of　the　foreign　European　power　which　had　a　century　before　sent　missionaries　to　Tranquebar　and　taught　Zinzendorf　and　the　Moravians　the　divine　law　of　the　kingdom；　encouraged　by　a　Governor；　Colonel　Bie；　who　was　himself　a　disciple　of　Schwartz。　　To　complete　this　catalogue　of　special　providences　we　may　add　that；　if　Fuller　had　delayed　only　a　little　longer；　even　Serampore　would　have　been　found　shut　against　the　missionaries。　　For　the　year　after；　when　Napoleon's　acts　had　driven　us　to　war　with　Denmark；　a　detachment　of　British　troops；　under　Lord　Minto's　son；　took　possession　of　Fredericksnagore；　as　Serampore　was　officially　called；　and　of　the　Danish　East　India　Company's　ship　there；　without　opposition。
  The　district　or　county　of　Hoogli　and　Howrah；　opposite　Calcutta　and　Barrackpore；　of　which　Serampore　is　the　central　port；　swarms　with　a　population；　chiefly　Hindoo　but　partly　Mussulman；　unmatched　for　density　in　any　other　part　of　the　world。　　If；　after　years　of　a　decimating　fever；　each　of　its　1701　square　miles　still　supports　nearly　a　thousand　human　beings　or　double　the　proportion　of　Belgium；　we　cannot　believe　that　it　was　much　less　dense　at　the　beginning　of　the　century。　　From　Howrah；　the　Surrey　side　of　Calcutta；　up　to　Hoogli　the　county　town；　the　high　ridge　of　mud　between　the　river　and　the　old　channel　of　the　Ganges　to　the　west；　has　attracted　the　wealthiest　and　most　intellectually　active　of　all　the　Bengalees。　　Hence　it　was　here　that　Portuguese　and　Dutch；　French　and　English；　and　Danish　planted　their　early　factories。　　The　last　to　obtain　a　site　of　twenty　acres　from　the　moribund　Mussulman　Government　at　Moorshedabad　was　Denmark；　two　years　before　Plassey。　　In　the　half　century　the　hut　of　the　first　Governor　sent　from　Tranquebar　had　grown　into　the　〃beautiful　little　town〃　which　delighted　the　first　Baptist　missionaries。　　Its　inhabitants；　under　only　British　administration　since　1845；　now　number　45；000。　　Then　they　were　much　fewer；　but　then　even　more　than　now　the　town　was　a　centre　of　the　Vishnoo…worship　of　Jagganath；　second　only　to　that　of　Pooree　in　all　India。　　Not　far　off；　and　now　connected　with　the　port　by　railway；　is　the　foul　shrine　of　Tarakeswar；　which　attracts　thousands　of　pilgrims；　many　of　them　widows；　who　measure　the　road　with　their　prostrate　bodies　dripping　from　the　bath。　　Commercially　Serampore　sometimes　distanced　Calcutta　itself；　for　all　the　foreign　European　trade　was　centred　in　it　during　the　American　and　French　wars；　and　the　English　civilians　used　its　investments　as　the　best　means　of　remitting　their　savings　home。　　When　the　missionaries　landed　there　was　nothing　but　a　Portuguese　Catholic　church　in　the　settlement；　and　the　Governor　was　raising　subscriptions　for　that　pretty　building　in　which　Carey　preached　till　he　died；　and　the　spire　of　which　the　Governor…General　is　said　to　have　erected　to　improve　the　view　of　the　town　from　the　windows　of　his　summer　palace　at　Barrackpore　opposite。
  Removed　from　the　rural　obscurity　of　a　Bengali　village；　where　the　cost　of　housing；　clothing；　and　living　was　small；　to　a　town　in　the　neighbourhood　of　the　capital　much　frequented　by　Europeans；　Carey　at　once　adapted　the　practical　details　of　his　communistic　brotherhood　to　the　new　circumstances。