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grcatcft part of 1797, in preparing for the pre fs, and render- 

 ing as perfcdl as pofliblc, his interefting *' View of Hin- 

 DoosTAN," which was publifhcd early in the following year. 

 OEdematous fvvcllino;s in the legs announced the fatal caufe 

 of his difcafe; but to expatiate more minutely on the fad 

 catalogue of human evils might be irkfome ; fuffice it then 

 to fay, that he bore their trial with fortitude and refignation; 

 a natural ftrength of conftitution, aided by a life of uni- 

 form temperance, enabled him long to ftruggle againft in- 

 firmity. The progrefs of the diforder becoming more rapid, 

 towards the clofe of Odlober he colle£led his neareft rela- 

 tives, and received with them the myfterious feal of our 

 Redemption; confcious of his approaching end, his eye 

 beamed with hope, tempered by the mofl ferene and digni- 

 fied refignation ; combining charity with devotion, he 

 obfervcd, that the ceremony would be incomplete indeed, 

 vv^ere it not accompanied by an a£l of beneficence to the 

 poor. This was the laft duty of religion he performed ; 



his life had been a preparation for the aweful conclufion. 



Though 



