In　none　of　the　classes　of　languages　derived　from　the　Sanskrit　was　the　zeal　of　Carey　and　his　associates　so　remarkable　as　in　the　Hindi。　So　early　as　1796　he　wrote　of　this　the　most　widely　extended　offspring　of　the　Sanskrit：〃I　have　acquired　so　much　of　the　Hindi　as　to　converse　in　it　and　preach　for　some　time　intelligibly。。。It　is　the　current　language　of　all　the　west　from　Rajmahal　to　Delhi；　and　perhaps　farther。　　With　this　I　can　be　understood　nearly　all　over　Hindostan。〃　By　the　time　that　he　issued　the　sixth　memoir　of　the　translations　Chamberlain's　experiences　in　North…Western　India　led　Carey　to　write　that　he　had　ascertained　the　existence　of　twenty　dialects　of　Hindi；　with　the　same　vocabulary　but　different　sets　of　terminations。　　The　Bruj　or　Brijbhasa　Gospels　were　finished　in　1813；　two　years　after　Chamberlain　had　settled　in　Agra；　and　the　New　Testament　was　completed　nine　years　after。　　This　version　of　the　Gospels　led　the　Brahman　priest；　Anand　Masih；　to　Christ。　　In　their　eagerness　for　a　copy　of　the　Old　Testament；　which　appeared　in　1818；　many　Sepoys　brought　testimonials　from　their　commanding　officers；　and　in　one　year　it　led　eighteen　converts　to　Christ。　　The　other　Hindi　dialects；　in　which　the　whole　New　Testament　or　the　Gospels　appeared；　will　be　found　at　page　177　｛see　footnote　number　16｝。　　The　parent　Hindi　translation　was　made　by　Carey　with　his　own　hand　from　the　original　languages　between　1802　and　1807；　and　ran　through　many　large　editions　till　Mr。　Chamberlain's　was　preferred　by　Carey　himself　in　1819。
  We　may　pass　over　the　story　of　the　Dravidian　versions；　the　Telugoo20　New　Testament　and　Pentateuch；　and　the　Kanarese。　　Nor　need　we　do　more　than　refer　to　the　Singhalese；　〃derived　from　the　previous　labours　of　Dr。　Carey〃　by　Tolfrey；　the　Persian；　Malayalam；　and　other　versions　made　by　others；　but　edited　or　carefully　carried　through　the　press　by　Carey。　　The　wonderful　tale　of　his　Bible　work　is　well　illustrated　by　a　man　who；　next　to　the　Lawrences；　was　the　greatest　Englishman　who　has　governed　the　Punjab　frontier；　the　hero　of　Mr。　Ruskin's　book；　A　Knight's　Faith。　　In　that　portion　of　his　career　which　Sir　Herbert　Edwardes　gave　to　the　world　under　the　title　of　A　Year　on　the　Punjab　Frontier　in　1848…49；　and　in　which　he　describes　his　bloodless　conquest　of　the　wild　valley　of　Bunnoo；　we　find　this　gem　embedded。　The　writer　was　at　the　time　in　the　Gundapoor　country；　of　which　Kulachi　is　the　trade…centre　between　the　Afghan　pass　of　Ghwalari　and　Dera　Ismail　Kan；　where　the　dust　of　Sir　Henry　Durand　now　lies：
  〃A　highly　interesting　circumstance　connected　with　the　Indian　trade　came　under　my　notice。　　Ali　Khan；　Gundapoor；　the　uncle　of　the　present　chief；　Goold鈊　Khan；　told　me　he　could　remember　well；　as　a　youth；　being　sent　by　his　father　and　elder　brother　with　a　string　of　Cabul　horses　to　the　fair　of　Hurdw鈘；　on　the　Ganges。　　He　also　showed　me　a　Pushtoo　version　of　the　Bible；　printed　at　Serampore　in　1818；　which　he　said　had　been　given　him　thirty　years　before　at　Hurdw鈘　by　an　English　gentleman；　who　told　him　to　'take　care　of　it；　and　neither　fling　it　into　the　fire　nor　the　river；　but　hoard　it　up　against　the　day　when　the　British　should　be　rulers　of　his　country！'　　Ali　Khan　said　little　to　anybody　of　his　possessing　this　book；　but　put　it　carefully　by　in　a　linen　cover；　and　produced　it　with　great　mystery　when　I　came　to　settle　the　revenue　of　his　nephew's　country；　'thinking　that　the　time　predicted　by　the　Englishman　had　arrived！'　　The　only　person；　I　believe；　to　whom　he　had　shown　the　volume　was　a　Moolluh；　who　read　several　passages　in　the　Old　Testament；　and　told　Ali　Khan　'it　was　a　true　story；　and　was　all　about　their　own　Muhommudan　prophets；　Father　Moses　and　Father　Noah。'
  〃I　examined　the　book　with　great　interest。　　It　was　not　printed　in　the　Persian　character；　but　the　common　Pushtoo　language　of　Afghanistan；　and　was　the　only　specimen　I　had　ever　seen　of　Pushtoo　reduced　to　writing。　　The　accomplishment　of　such　a　translation　was　a　highly　honourable　proof　of　the　zeal　and　industry　of　the　Serampore　mission；　and　should　these　pages　ever　meet　the　eye　of　Mr。　John　Marshman；　of　Serampore；21　whose　own　pen　is　consistently　guided　by　a　love　of　civil　order　and　religious　truth；　he　may　probably　be　able　to　identify　'the　English　gentleman'　who；　thirty…two　years　ago　on　the　banks　of　the　Ganges；　at　the　then　frontier　of　British　India；　gave　to　a　young　Afghan　chief；　from　beyond　the　distant　Indus；　a　Bible　in　his　own　barbarous　tongue；　and　foresaw　the　day　when　the　followers　of　the　'Son　of　David'　should　extend　their　dominion　to　the　'Throne　of　Solomon。'〃
  Hurdw鈘；　as　the　spot　at　which　the　Ganges　debouches　into　the　plains；　is　the　scene　of　the　greatest　pilgrim　gathering　in　India；　especially　every　twelfth　year。　　Then　three　millions　of　people　used　to　assemble；　and　too　often　carried；　all　over　Asia；　cholera　which　extended　to　Europe。　　The　missionaries　made　this；　like　most　pilgrim　resorts；　a　centre　of　preaching　and　Bible　circulation；　and　doubtless　it　was　from　Thompson；　Carey's　Missionary　at　Delhi；　that　this　copy　of　the　Pushtoo　Bible　was　received。　　It　was　begun　by　Dr。　Leyden；　and　continued　for　seven　years　by　the　same　Afghan　maulavee　under　Carey；　in　the　Arabic　character。　　The　Punjabi　Bible；　nearly　complete；　issued　first　in　1815；　had　become　so　popular　by　1820　as　to　lead　Carey　to　report　of　the　Sikhs　that　no　one　of　the　nations　of　India　had　discovered　a　stronger　desire　for　the　Scriptures　than　this　hardy　race。　　At　Amritsar　and　Lahore　〃the　book　of　Jesus　is　spoken　of；　is　read；　and　has　caused　a　considerable　stir　in　the　minds　of　the　people。〃　　A　Thug；　asked　how　he　could　have　committed　so　many　murders；　pointed　to　it　and　said；　〃If　I　had　had　this　book　I　could　not　have　done　it。〃　　A　fakeer；　forty　miles　from　Lodiana；　read　the　book；　founded　the　community　of　worshippers　of　the　Sachi　Pit？Isa；　and　suffered　much　persecution　in　a　native　State。
  When　Felix　Carey　returned　to　Serampore　in　1812　to　print　his　Burmese　version　of　the　Gospel　of　Matthew　and　his　Burmese　grammar；　his　father　determined　to　send　the　press　at　which　they　were　completed　to　Rangoon。　　The　three　missionaries　despatched　with　it　a　letter　to　the　king　of　Ava；　commending　to　his　care　〃their　beloved　brethren；　who　from　love　to　his　majesty's　subjects　had　voluntarily　gone　to　place　themselves　under　his　protection；　while　they　translated　the　Bible；　the　Book　of　Heaven；　which　was　received　and　revered〃　by　all　the　countries　of　Europe　and　America　as　〃the　source　whence　all　the　knowledge　of　virtue　and　religion　was　drawn。〃　　The　king　at　once　ordered　from　Serampore　a　printing…press；　like　that　at　Rangoon；　for　his　own　palace　at　Ava；　with　workmen　to　use　it。　　In　this　Carey　saw　the　beginning　of　a　mission　in　the　Burman　capital；　but　God　had　other　designs　which　the　sons　and　daughters　of　America；　following　Judson　first　of　all；　are　still　splendidly　developing；　from　Rangoon　to　Kareng…nee；　Siam；　and　China。　　The　ship　containing　the　press　sank　in　the　Rangoon　river；　and　the　first　Burmese　war　soon　followed。
  Three　months　after　the　complete　and　magnificent　plan　of　translating　the　Bible　into　all　the　languages　of　the　far　East；　which　the　assistance　of　his　two　colleagues　and　the　college　of　Fort　William　led　Carey　to　form；　had　been　laid　before　Fuller　in　Northamptonshire；　the　British　and　Foreign　Bible　Society　was　founded　in　London。　　Joseph　Hughes；　the　Nonconformist　who　was　its　first　secretary；　had　been　moved　by　the　need　of　the　Welsh　for　the　Bible　in　their　own　tongue。　But　the　ex…Governor…General；　Lord　Teignmouth；　became　its　first　president；　and　the　Serampore　translators　at　once　turned　for　assistance　to　the　new　organisation　whose　work　Carey　had　individually　been　doing　for　ten　years　at　the　cost　of　his　two　associates　and　himself。　　The　catholic　Bible　Society　at　once　asked　Carey's　old　friend；　Mr。　Udny；　then　a　member　of　the　Government　in　Calcutta；　to　form　a　corresponding　committee　there　of　the　three　missionariestheir　chaplain　friends；　Brown　and　Buchanan；　and　himself。　　The　chaplains　delayed　the　formation　of　the　committee　till　1809；　but　liberally　helped　meanwhile　in　the　circulation　of　the　other　appeals　issued　from　Serampore；　and　even　made　the　proposal　which　resulted　in　Dr。　Marshman's　wonderful　version　of　the　Bible　in　Chinese　and　Ward's　improvements　in　Chinese　printing。　　To　the　principal　tributary　sovereigns　of　India　Dr。　Buchanan　sent　copies　of　the　vernacular　Scriptures　already　published。
  》From　1809　till　1830；　or　practically　through　the　rest　of　Carey's　life；　the　co…operation　of　Serampore　and　the　Bible　Society　was　honourable　to　both。　　Carey　loyally　clung　to　it　when　in　1811；　under　the　spell　of　Henry　Martyn's　sermon　on　Christian　India；　the　chaplains　established　the　Calcutta　Auxiliary　Bible　Society　in　order　to　supersede　its　corresponding　committee。　　In　the　Serampore　press　the　new　auxiliary；　like　the　parent　Society；　found　the　cheapest　and　best　means　of　publishing　editions　of　the　New　Testament　in　Singhalese；　Malayalam；　and　Tamil。　　The　press　issued　also　the　Persian　New　Testament；　first　of　the　Romanist　missionary；　Sebastiani〃though　it　be　not　wholly　free　from　imperfections；　it　will　doubtless　do　much　good；〃　wrote　Dr。　Marshman　to　Fullerand　then　of　Henry　Martyn；　whose　assistant；　Sabat；　was　trained　at　Serampore。　　Those　three　of　Serampore　had　a　Christ…like　tolerance；　which　sprang　from　the　divine　charity　of　their　determination　to　live　only　that　the　Word　of　God　might　sound　out　th