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Rh great filial veneration for her. Even when he was a young man and had entered into service, the grand-parent and the grand-child reciprocated the same feelings of affectionate attachment. It is no wonder, therefore, that he should be so sincerely grieved at the loss of such a dear, old grandmother.

The reader is aware that Vidyasagar had established in Calcutta a printing press, called the Sanskrit Press. He had also started, in connection with this Press, the Sanskrit Press Depository, where he kept for sale all the books that were printed in his Press. By degrees this Depository was converted to a regular Book-shop, where not only his own publications but those of other authors also were deposited for sale. On his retirement from service, he had to depend for his maintenance mainly on the income from the Press and the Depository. It is needless to say that in this business he had to employ a number of men, who thus found means of their livelihood. When he freed himself from the bonds of thraldom, and found leisure to look into its affairs, he was highly dissatisfied, with the working and conduct of his chief officer. The accounts were not kept properly, and everything was in disorder. He, therefore, requested his friend, Raj Krishna, to supervise the business of the Depository. Raj Krishna was, at this time, employed as Head-Assistant in the Fort William College on a monthly