and meditation, the place where he began and ended the day of
light--with God. What he wrote in his earlier journals and letters
of the sequestered spot at Mudnabati was true in a deeper and wider
sense of the garden of Serampore:--"23rd September, Lord's
Day.--Arose about sunrise, and, according to my usual practice,
walked into my garden for meditation and prayer till the servants
came to family worship." We have this account from his son
Jonathan:--

"In objects of nature my father was exceedingly curious. His
collection of mineral ores, and other subjects of natural history,
was extensive, and obtained his particular attention in seasons of
leisure and recreation. The science of botany was his constant
delight and study; and his fondness for his garden remained to the
last. No one was allowed to interfere in the arrangements of this
his favourite retreat; and it is here he enjoyed his most pleasant
moments of secret devotion and meditation. The arrangements made by
him were on the Linnæan system; and to disturb the bed or border of
the garden was to touch the apple of his eye. The garden formed the
best and rarest botanical collection of plants in the East; to the
extension of which, by his correspondence with persons of eminence
in Europe and other parts of the world, his attention was constantly
directed; and, in return, he supplied his correspondents with rare
collections from the East. It was painful to observe with what
distress my father quitted this scene of his enjoyments, when
extreme weakness, during his last illness, prevented his going to
his favourite retreat. Often, when he was unable to walk, he was
drawn into the garden in a chair placed on a board with four wheels.

"In order to prevent irregularity in the attendance of the gardeners