TO STRINUGGUR. 17 



I have omitted to note the effect produced by Suleiman 

 at the different stations, so will retrace my steps for that 

 purpose. 



At Rijaori, the first day, he was not only repulsed, hut 

 threatened. On the second day, however, he had listen- 

 ers, and distributed some books. 



At Nowshera, favourable results being listened to 

 calmly and attentively, some enquiries and discussions 

 entered into, and some Gospels and tracts received. 

 There was here a teacher in a school, who had been 

 educated in the mission school of Lahore, and he it was 

 whose influence operated favourably. He took some 

 books for his school. 



I forgot to mention an occurrence at Bhimber. I had 

 noticed in the day a man lying near the ' baraduri,' who 

 was apparently suffering, and continually uttered cries 

 and moans from the same spot. I called Suleiman, and 

 with a light proceeded to make enquiries ; when it 

 appeared that this unfortunate man had fallen from a 

 mulberry tree close by, and had disabled himself so much 

 that he could not proceed on his way home to Cashmere. 

 So there he was left to shift for himself, dependent on the 

 charity of passers by, wholly unable to raise himself from 

 the ground. I sent for the havildar of the guard, and 

 giving the disabled man five rupees, which I understood 

 to be ample for the purpose, ordered him to be removed 

 to a house, to be cared for, and sent to his home when 

 recovered. 



Thinking this a good opportunity, I called the attention 

 of some thirty people, who were looking on, to the fact 

 that the Christian religion thus enjoined its professors to 

 obey their Lord's commands, and that the religion of Jesus 

 Christ was love. Not being sufficiently fluent myself, I 

 requested Suleiman to use this living text, and he ad- 



