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 176 LIFE OF BABXJ RAM COPAL GHDSE. The Academic is getting on very miserably, and I should not bi surprised if in one of these days it be systematically abolished. Whal a pity it is that this old and cherished institution of one school-days should be thus suffered to die through the indifference of the m un- called educated natives. Well then I will tall you that we formed an epistolary Association i, a, writing letters to each other, and circulating them among tbi members. There is no limit to the nature of our subjects. Several good letters have already appeared, and the utmost freedom of dis- cussion is allowed upon the merits of these epistles. May God bless you, my dear friend, Ever yours affectionately, Rax Gopal Ghoss. Calcutta 16th December, 1838. My dear Gobind, ' &c &c, &c. I have just received a letter from home communicating to me the news of my wife (second wife still living) having safelv delivered a male child. When is your good lady going to bless you with a, fruit as they say 1 Are you getting fat upon Chitta- goug fowls and Turkeys 1 &c &c. Yours affectionately^ Ram Gopal GhoseJ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i Calcutta, Uth January 1839. My dear Gobind, . 4k. &c <fec. The epistolary Association may I think be revived, if a few of our blends will exert themselves. When I have more leisure on hand I shall see what can be done. At present I am very busy, having just taken up the business of another Liverpool House that was otfered to me. Yon are right in saying that one of the pupils of the- - Medical College is destined for Chittagong. I must have* formed yon. The following 4 students have been examined very favorable report has been sent by the examiners to Lorf Auckland