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display tlie most praiseworthy zeal and activity of co-opera- 

 tion upon every question. 



That eminent philanthropist, Dr. Bridgman, who had, for 

 more than a quarter of a century, been an active and highly 

 esteemed missionary, was in 1858 at the head of the American 

 Episcopal Mission, and was one of the oldest, as also among the 

 most highly respected, denizens of the little foreign settlement. 

 This meritorious citizen died at Shanghai, on the 29th of 

 November, 1861, after having spent upwards of thirty years 

 in China in the promotion of the Christian faith and the ad- 

 vancement of knowledge, deeply lamented by foreigners, as 

 well as by the Chinese, who always found him their true and 

 confident friend. This gentleman had the kindness to assem- 

 ble under his simple but kindly roof the various members of 

 his mission, who are no less useful in increasing our acquaint- 

 ance with the Chinese language and literature than in 

 diffusing the blessings of the gospel, thus famishing the mem- 

 bers of the Novara Expedition with an opportunity of personal 

 intercourse with these gentlemen. We here became acquainted 

 with Mr. Wells Williams, so highly esteemed and so widely 

 known for his profound historical and philological works * re- 

 specting China, as also with Messrs. Syle, Aichison, Macy, 

 Jones, and Blodgett, missionaries distinguished for their ex- 

 tensive acquirements in Chinese ; and in the course of this 



• Geography, Statistics, and Natural History of the Chinese Empire — New York, 

 1S47; Tonic Dictionary of the Chinese language — Canton, 1856 ; Chinese Commer- 

 cial Guide. Fourth edition — Canton, 1856. 



