FAREWELL.

THERE is more, much more, I would fain say, but time and space alike forbid. I would like to tell of the wonderful industrial arts of the people, of the sanitary condition of the European quarters of the towns, of the no sanitary conditions of the native quarters of the same towns and the villages, of the personalities in the Indian movement, of my own personal experiences of missionary work, of the educational agencies of both Hindus and Mohammedans, of the rapidly growing woman's movement, and much else.

At Tuticorin, where I took farewell of India, I was given a civic reception and send-off. A town's band and a native band turned out, and led a procession, in which was a long string of wellfilled carriages, through the town, with police lining the streets. There were, I believe, thirty policemen on duty, and they lined two miles of streets! Little wonder some of them were perspiring towards the close. But it was the band that moved me most. When I arrived at the station it was turning out My love she's but a lassie yet in great style, though with many variations I had never before heard. As I walked

across from the station to the hotel it gave us two staves of God save the King; and then-marvel of marvels-struck up the Marseillaise.

It was a fitting termination to a wonderful experience. In the hotel book at Tuticorin I inscribed a parody of Burns's Highland Welcome: When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, A time that surely shall come,

In heaven itself I'll ask no more
Than just an Indian welcome.

I was in earnest in thus expressing my feelings
at the moment, and can now say honestly that-
Time but the impression deeper makes
As streams their channel deeper wear.

I went to India to see the people, and to learn of their grievances; during the two months I was there I mixed with the people, companioned with them, and found them sociable, trustworthy, and lovable. Their ability is not open to question. A great intellectual awakening is shaking this ancient empire to its foundation. A sympathetic interpretation of the facts will bind the people more closely to us and lead to their becoming a loyal self-governing part of the Empire. Repression will only intensify their determination to secure self-government, and may lead finally to the loss of what has been described as the brightest jewel in the British Crown. It is for statesmen to chose which path they will follow.