rupees　each　is　allowed；　and　I　believe　all　the　brethren　are　on　that；　or　a　lower　allowance；　Brother　Yates　excepted；　who　chooses　for　himself。　　I　cannot　therefore　make　an　application　for　more　with　any　face。　　Indeed　we　have　no　power　to　add　or　diminish　salaries；　though　the　Society　would　agree　to　our　doing　so　if　we　showed　good　reasons　for　it。　　I　believe　the　allowances　of　the　missionaries　from　the　London　Society　are　about　the　same；　or　rather　lessviz。　？00　sterling；　or　132　rupees　a　month；　besides　extra　expenses；　so　that　your　income；　taking　it　at　140　rupees　a　month；　is　quite　equal　to　that　of　any　other　missionary。　　I　may　also　mention　that　neither　Eustace　nor　Lawson　can　do　without　a　buggy；　which　is　not　a　small　expense。
  〃I　suppose　the　two　articles　you　have　mentioned　of　table　expenses　and　servants　include　a　number　of　other　things；　otherwise　I　cannot　imagine　how　you　can　go　to　that　expense。　　When　I　was　at　Mudnabati　my　income　was　200　per　month；　and　during　the　time　I　stayed　there　I　had　saved　near　2000　rupees。　　My　table　expenses　scarcely　ever　amounted　to　50　rupees；　and　though　I　kept　a　moonshi　at　20　rupees　and　four　gardeners；　yet　my　servants'　wages　did　not　exceed　60　rupees　monthly。　I　kept　a　horse　and　a　farmyard；　and　yet　my　expenses　bore　no　proportion　to　yours。　　I　merely　mention　this　without　any　reflection　on　you；　or　even　a　wish　to　do　it；　but　I　sincerely　think　your　expenses　upon　these　two　articles　are　very　greater。I　am　your　affectionate　father；　W。　CAREY。〃
  In　1825　Carey　completed　his　great　Dictionary　of　Bengali　and　English　in　three　quarto　volumes；　abridged　two　years　afterwards。　　No　language；　not　even　in　Europe；　could　show　a　work　of　such　industry；　erudition；　and　philological　completeness　at　that　time。　　Professor　H。　H。　Wilson　declared　that　it　must　ever　be　regarded　as　a　standard　authority；　especially　because　of　its　etymological　references　to　the　Sanskrit；　which　supplies　more　than　three…fourths　of　the　words；　its　full　and　correct　vocabulary　of　local　terms；　with　which　the　author's　〃long　domestication　amongst　the　natives〃　made　him　familiar；　and　his　unique　knowledge　of　all　natural　history　terms。　　The　first　copy　which　issued　from　the　press　he　sent　to　Dr。　Ryland；　who　had　passed　away　at　seventy…two；　a　month　before　the　following　letter　was　written：
  〃June　7th；　1825。On　the　17th　of　August　next　I　shall　be　sixty…four　years　of　age；　and　though　I　feel　the　enervating　influence　of　the　climate；　and　have　lost　something　of　my　bodily　activity；　I　labour　as　closely；　and　perhaps　more　so　than　I　have　ever　done　before。　　My　Bengali　Dictionary　is　finished　at　press。　　I　intend　to　send　you　a　copy　of　it　by　first　opportunity；　which　I　request　you　to　accept　as　a　token　of　my　unshaken　friendship　to　you。　　I　am　now　obliged；　in　my　own　defence；　to　abridge　it；　and　to　do　it　as　quickly　as　possible；　to　prevent　another　person　from　forestalling　me　and　running　away　with　the　profits。
  〃On　Lord's　day　I　preached　a　funeral　sermon　at　Calcutta　for　one　of　our　deacons；　who　died　very　happily；　administered　the　Lords'　Supper；　and　preached　again　in　the　evening。　　It　was　a　dreadfully　hot　day；　and　I　was　much　exhausted。　　Yesterday　the　rain　set　in；　and　the　air　is　somewhat　cooled。　　It　is　still　uncertain　whether　Brothers　Judson　and　Price　are　living。　　There　was　a　report　in　the　newspaper　that　they　were　on　their　way　to　meet　Sir　Archibald　Campbell　with　proposals　of　peace　from　the　Burman　king；　but　no　foundation　for　the　report　can　be　traced　out。　　Living　or　dead　they　are　secure。〃
  On　hearing　of　the　death　of　Dr。　Ryland；　he　wrote：〃There　are　now　in　England　very　few　ministers　with　whom　I　was　acquainted。　　Fuller；　Sutcliff；　Pearce；　Fawcett；　and　Ryland；　besides　many　others　whom　I　knew；　are　gone　to　glory。　　My　family　connections　also；　those　excepted　who　were　children　when　I　left　England；　or　have　since　that　time　been　born；　are　all　gone；　two　sisters　only　excepted。　　Wherever　I　look　in　England　I　see　a　vast　blank；　and　were　I　ever　to　revisit　that　dear　country　I　should　have　an　entirely　new　set　of　friendships　to　form。　I；　however；　never　intended　to　return　to　England　when　I　left　it；　and　unless　something　very　unexpected　were　to　take　place　I　certainly　shall　not　do　it。　　I　am　fully　convinced　I　should　meet　with　many　who　would　show　me　the　utmost　kindness　in　their　power；　but　my　heart　is　wedded　to　India；　and　though　I　am　of　little　use　I　feel　a　pleasure　in　doing　the　little　I　can；　and　a　very　high　interest　in　the　spiritual　good　of　this　vast　country；　by　whose　instrumentality　soever　it　is　promoted。〃
  By　1829　the　divinity　faculty　of　the　College　had　become　so　valuable　a　nursery　of　Eurasian　and　Native　missionaries；　and　the　importance　of　attracting　more　of　the　new　generation　of　educated　Hindoos　within　its　influence　had　become　so　apparent　that　Oriental　gave　place　to　English　literature　in　the　curriculum。　　Mr。　Rowe；　as　English　tutor；　took　his　place　in　the　staff　beside　Dr。　Carey；　Dr。　Marshman；　Mr。　Mack；　and　Mr。　John　Marshman。　　Hundreds　of　native　youths　flocked　to　the　classes。　Such　was　the　faith；　such　the　zeal　of　Carey；　that　he　continued　to　add　new　missions　to　the　ten　of　which　the　College　was　the　life…giving　centre；　so　that　when　he　was　taken　away　he　left　eighteen；　under　eleven　European；　thirteen　Eurasian；　seventeen　Bengali；　two　Hindostani；　one　Telugoo；　and　six　Arakanese　missionaries。　　When　Mr。　David　Scott；　formerly　a　student　of　his　own　in　Fort　William　College；　and　in　1828　Commissioner　of　Assam　（then　recently　annexed　to　the　empire）；　asked　for　a　missionary；　Carey's　importunity　prevailed　with　his　colleagues　only　when　he　bound　himself　to　pay　half　the　cost　by　stinting　his　personal　expenditure。　　Similarly　it　was　the　generous　action　of　Mr。　Garrett；　when　judge　of　Barisal；　that　led　him　to　send　the　best　of　his　Serampore　students　to　found　that　afterwards　famous　mission。
  Having　translated　the　Gospels　into　the　language　of　the　Khasias　in　the　Assam　hills；　he　determined　in　1832　to　open　a　new　mission　at　the　village　of　Cherra；　which　the　Serampore　Brotherhood　were　the　first　to　use　as　a　sanitarium　in　the　hot　season。　　For　this　he　gave　up　？0　of　his　Government　pension　and　Mr。　Garrett　gave　a　similar　sum。　　He　sent　another　of　his　students；　Mr。　Lisk；　to　found　the　mission；　which　prospered　until　it　was　transferred　to　the　Welsh　Calvinists；　who　have　made　it　the　centre　of　extensive　and　successful　operations。　　Thus　the　influence　of　his　middle　age　and　old　age　in　the　Colleges　of　Fort　William　and　of　Serampore　combined　to　make　the　missionary　patriarch　the　father　of　two　bandsthat　of　the　Society　and　that　of　the　Brotherhood。
  Dr。　Carey's　last　report；　at　the　close　of　1832；　was　a　defence　of　what　has　since　been　called；　and　outside　of　India　and　of　Scotland　has　too　often　been　misunderstood　as；　educational　missions　or　Christian　Colleges。　　To　a　purely　divinity　college　for　Asiatic　Christians　he　preferred　a　divinity　faculty　as　part　of　an　Arts　and　Science　College；29　in　which　the　converts　study　side　by　side　with　their　inquiring　countrymen；　the　inquirers　are　influenced　by　them　as　well　as　by　the　Christian　teaching　and　secular　teaching　in　a　Christian　spirit；　and　the　Bible　consecrates　the　whole。　　The　United　Free　Church　of　Scotland　has；　alike　in　India；　China　and　Africa；　proved　the　wisdom；　the　breadth；　and　the　spiritual　advantage　of　Carey's　policy。　When　the　Society　opposed　him；　scholars　like　Mack　from　Edinburgh　and　Leechman　from　Glasgow　rejoiced　to　work　out　his　Paul…like　conception。　When　not　only　he；　but　Dr。　Marshman；　had　passed　away　Mack　bravely　held　aloft　the　banner　they　bequeathed；　till　his　death　in　1846。　　Then　John　Marshman；　who　in　1835　had　begun　the　Friend　of　India　as　a　weekly　paper　to　aid　the　College；　transferred　the　mission　to　the　Society　under　the　learned　W。　H。　Denham。　　When　in　1854　a　new　generation　of　the　English　Baptists　accepted　the　College　also　as　their　own；　it　received　a　Principal　worthy　to　succeed　the　giants　of　those　days；　the　Rev。　John　Trafford；　M。A。；　a　student　of　Foster's　and　of　Glasgow　University。　　For　twenty…six　years　he　carried　out　the　principles　of　Carey。　　On　his　retirement　the　College　as　such　was　suspended　in　the　year　1883；　and　in　the　same　building　a　purely　native　Christian　Training　Institution　took　its　place。　　There；　however；　the　many　visitors　from　Christendom　still　found　the　library　and　museum；　the　Bibles；　grammars；　and　dictionaries；　the　natural　history　collections；　and　the　Oriental　MSS。；　the　Danish　Charter；　the　historic　portraits；　and　the　British　Treaty；　as　well　as　the　native　Christian　classesall　of　which　re…echo　William　Carey's　appeal　to　posterity。
  CHAPTER　XV
  CAREY'S　CHRISTIAN　UNIVERSITY　FOR　THE　PEOPLE　OF　INDIA
  The　Danish　charterThe　British　treatyGrowth　of　native　Christian　communityLord　Minto's　concession　of　self…governing　privilegesMadras　Decennial　Conference　and　Serampore　degreesProposed　reorganisation　of　College　so　as　to　teach　and　examine　for　B。D。　and　other　degreesAppeal　for　endowments　of　Carey's　Christian　University
  Attention　has　already　been　directed　to　the　far…seeing　plans　which　Carey　laid　down　for　Serampore　College。　　It　is　a　pleasure　to　record　that　while　this　volume　is　in　the　press　（1909）；　a　scheme　is　being　promoted　by　the　College　Council　for　the　reorganisation　of　the　College　on　the　lines　of　Carey's　ideal；　with　a　view　to　making　it　a　centre　of　higher　ministerial　training　for　all　branches　of　the　Indian　Church。
  It　will　be　remembered　that　in　1827　the　College　received