GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



" labor he afforded in the difpatch of bufinefs, the clearnefs of 

 " his difcernment, and his legal abilities, well qualified him for 

 " one of the guardians of the laws, and the rights of his fellow 

 " citizens. As a fcholar, his name is known wherever litera- 

 " ture is cultivated. In private life he v/as companionable ; 

 " mild, gentle, and amiable in his manners, and his converfa- 

 " tion rich and energetic. In fine, in all the relations of an 

 *' high adminiftrator of juflice, a fcholar, a friend, a compa- 

 " nion, and a hulband — he left behind an example rarely ta 

 *' be paralleled !" 



Let me finifli with faying, that his beatitude commenced at 

 the early age of forty-four. His end could never be ftyled pre- 

 mature. "For honorable age is not that which stand- 



" ETH IN length OF TIME, NOR THAT IS MEASURED BY 



*' number of years. 



" But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an 



" UNSPOTTED life IS OLD AGE. 



*' He PLEASED God and was beloved of him, so that 

 *' living amongst sinners he was translated. 



" He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled 

 " a long time. 



" For his soul pleased the Lord, therefore hasted 

 " he to take him away from among the wicked." 



The three volumes of the tranfadions of the fociety, have 

 done it much honor. I have been indefatigable in procuring 

 materials for thefe two Indian volumes ; fliould they ever be 

 perufed by a member of the fociety, they may prove a ftimulus 

 to its induftry, when the fociety perceives the fcantinefs of ma- 

 terials, efpecially when they remark it in the inftances of 



natural 



