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“Jan. 1st, 1835.—It is much to be regretted that, from the time of Mr. Groves’s arrival in England, when the journal terminates, very little, comparatively, of his own can be inserted. He landed in Scotland, in company with Dr. Duff the missionary and his wife, who had come with him from Calcutta, and with whom he enjoyed much christian intercourse, as appears both from his own journal, and from Dr. Duff’s letter. He had also with him a native, called Anundoo, whose brief history has been already given.

On his arrival, Mr. Groves first sought to accomplish the chief object of his return, and went to Germany and Switzerland in quest of missionaries for his own work and that of others. He was accompanied in this journey by his brother-in-law, Mr. Müller. Among the first whom he sent out were Messrs. Gros and De Rhot, whose names occur in Mr. Weitbreicht’s Memoir, p. 114. Both these devoted servants of God are now fallen asleep. Mr. G. also obtained two missionaries,—