Chapter V

Interest in America.--Desire and Purpose to go.--My Friend
agrees to accompany me.--Ill Reports of America.--Horror of
Slavery.--My Friend fails me.--Will go alone.--Arrangements.--My
Mother.--Last Days at Home.--Voyage.--Arrival in
America.--My Experiences here. 270

FAREWELL! 301

THE

LIFE AND RELIGION

OF

THE HINDOOS.

TO THE REVEREND C. H. A. DALL.

MY DEAR FRIEND AND PASTOR:--

Desirous of acknowledging the precious religious instructions you have imparted to me, and the blessings you are still bestowing on my beloved country, I, in your name, respectfully present this small volume to your countrymen, that they may know the manners, customs, and religious institutions of that distant nation for whose regeneration you are cheerfully spending the best part of your life, away from home and family. That your Christian labors may be ever attended with success, and your life be crowned with the smile of Heaven, is the heartfelt prayer of

Your disciple,
JOGUTH CHUNDER GANGOOLY.

MEDFIELD, MASS., 27 October, 1859.