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he went to work in his room, and worked till late in the night. 

 The next morninL: Ijc ielt very dull, but stuck to his work. 

 After a while, he went to his friend, and said, "Doshite mo 

 kitsui"* (I'm sorr\', but I've got to give up). On the advice of 

 his friend, he went to a doetor, who, to his great astonishment, 

 removed two lecehes from the back of his nose. He must have 

 slept out in the mountains without shelter and been unconscious 

 of the leeches finding their way into his nostrils. His hcaltli 

 from now on steadily failed, and his Japanese friend urged him 

 to go to a hospital; l)ut as the staff of the latter had been 

 educated in German\', he declined to go and insisted on remain- 

 ing quietly in his room at the church. There he still continued 

 his work for some days. At last, he could stand no more, and 

 became aw'are that his powers were failing. When with assis- 

 tance he had bathed, he laid himself upon the bed from which he 

 was pretty sure he would never rise again. Then he stretched 

 out his arms and said, "Ah! Nanto arigataikoto; konnani na- 

 gaku kono sekaini orukotono dekitanowa" (How thankful I am 

 to have lived so long in this world). After that, he became 

 paralized and could utter nothing that was intelligible. He la\- 

 for a few days in a bcmi-conscious state in which his utterances 

 and gestures were entirely those of ju-a^-ing and of preparing 

 dried plants. When awakened from his peaceful sleej), he raised 

 his hand as ii" in prav'cr; that done, he moved his hand as if in 

 the preparation of specimens. These actions were performed 

 turn and turn about. Thus, on the fourth of June, 1915, pray- 

 ing and preparing, this noble [jriest who had devoted his whole 

 life to God and to plants, passed away in his sixty-eighth year. 

 Working, still working for evangelism and botany even at the 

 point of death, and at last when he found his powers fading 

 away, lying down to sleep quietly in the arms of Him whom 

 he served, he died as he had lived, a man of sincere piety and 

 lofty ideals. 



In his daily life, when he was not caring for plants, he was 



*The Father liad :i perfect mastery df .Jaiianose, :\nil seenuil to prefer to speak 

 in Japanese rather than in his nmther t<>iiij;ut'. 



