He writes from Benares, January 13, 1892, just ten years after our beginning in India:-- "Benares, _January_ 13, 1892.
"My Dear Children,-- "Wednesday and Thursday, 6th and 7th, were consumed in travelling to Calcutta, and, all things considered, I got through the journey very well.

Nevertheless, I was exceedingly weary on being roused at five o'clock to prepare for the arrival.
"It was early, 5.35 a.m., and Colonel Ajeet Singh did not expect any reception beyond that of our own Officers.
"To our surprise, however, we found the platform crowded with our own enthusiastic little party (who raised some music from a scratch Band), some native Christians, and a very large number of Hindu gentlemen.
"I was taken by surprise, and, unaware of the extent of the demonstration, allowed them to leave by only shaking hands.
"Interview upon interview followed during the morning, but in the afternoon I was down for the Town Hall Meeting.

I scarcely ever remember in my life feeling more thoroughly weary than on that day.
Three times I laid down to try to sleep, and each time failed to get a wink, and my brain was benumbed and bewildered when I entered that immense building and was called upon by General Merrill, the American Consul, who presided, to address that crowd.
"I don't know whether Commissioner Booth-Tucker ever had a Meeting at the Town Hall.

It is a long building, 120 feet long, with the most clumsy pillars down the sides shutting out almost the side seats from view.
"There was quite as large an audience as I expected, although it was not what it might have been.

There were a few Europeans present and a few native Christians, and the remainder were composed of the non-Christian element.
"Amongst others who interviewed me during the day, or were introduced to me before the Meeting, was the successor to Chunder Singh and the two most prominent teachers of the Brahmo Samaj, and a number of other leading people.