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found at length that his limbs became easier, and by the end 

 of the year he resumed his work. 



In 1874 he had attacks of what seemed to be a form of 

 aphasia, and though they were not alarming, he was prevailed 

 upon to make another excursion. A trip to Derbyshire was 

 selected; though it was rather late in the year, we started for 

 Matlock Bath. We left home November 12, 1874, slept at 

 Gloucester, and went on the next morning to Matlock, where we 

 got lodgings on a very high point overlooking the winding river, 

 the Dove, and with a charming view on to the hanging woods the 

 other side. Though these trees were leafless, the branches were 

 often so covered by the light and white frost, that on several of the 

 November mornings they looked like fairyland. We made some 

 very interesting excursions in the neighbourhood, which all 

 tended to re-establish health. One of my sisters made us a visit 

 here on her way home to Manchester, which greatly heightened 

 our pleasure. We returned home in the early part of December. 



In 1875 tne diary shows that my husband had become interested 

 in a variety of evangelical missions. Many letters were written, 

 and donations given to colonial objects and others. We were 

 made acquainted with Miss Walker Arnott's work in Jaffa. In 

 the diary notice is made of Katrina Abou Sitte, a Mahomedan 

 orphan and Syrian child, ten years old, selected by Miss W. 

 Arnott as our protegee for ten pounds per annum, to be given by 

 us for her board and schooling at Jaffa. This was continued for 

 several years, till she left; she has since been married to a 

 Christian Jew. We have frequently had very sweet and grateful 

 letters from her, calling us her " English parents," often with 

 small presents made of products of the country and from Jeru- 

 salem, where they were living. Mr. Gosse also took up with con- 

 siderable eagerness Mr. Pascoe's mission-work in Toluca, Mexico, 

 and carried on a pleasant correspondence with that gentleman, 

 helping him to continue his printing work in that place. He 

 became a liberal contributor to the China Island Mission. Mr. 

 Guinness's work and institute had also a large share of his help and 

 interest. 



At this time we engaged a Bible woman of our own to visit 

 in St. Marychurch. My husband took up once more, for a while, 

 the consecutive and orderly visiting of the poor and sick of his 



