pleasant and prosperous a voyage....

"Well, sister, we are safe in Calcutta harbor, and almost stunned with
the noise of the natives. Mr. Judson has gone on shore to find a place
for us to go. The city is by far the most elegant of any I have ever
seen. Many ships are lying at anchor, and hundreds of natives all
around. They are dressed very curiously--their white garments hanging
loosely over their shoulders. But I have not time to describe anything
at present.

"_Thursday_.--Harriet and I are yet on board the vessel, and have not
been on land. Mr. Judson has not yet gained permission for us to live in
the country. He and Mr. Newell are gone again to-day, and what will be
their success I know not. The East India Company are violently opposed
to missions, and have barely given permission to their own countrymen to
settle here as preachers. We have nothing to expect from man, and
everything from God.... If God has anything for us to do here, he will
doubtless open a door for our entrance, _if not he will send us to some
other place_."




CHAPTER III.

HER ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA.--DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BENGAL
GOVERNMENT.--VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF FRANCE.--DEATH OF MRS.
NEWELL.--CHANGE OF SENTIMENTS.--VOYAGE TO RANGOON.