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136 The course laid down by the University of Oxford, however, seemed to offer special advantages, and a scholarship of £25 a year at Somerville Hall having been awarded to her, she took up her residence there at the beginning of the October term 1888. Miss Sorabji was advised to devote her time chiefly to the study of English Literature, with a view of taking, honours in that subject, in which she had already shown herself so well informed; and she worked at this for some time. However, the opening of the Honour School of Law at Oxford to women turned Miss Sorabji' s ideas in a new direction, and she thought that by qualifying herself in this subject she might be able to open out a new career for women in India. She is now, therefore, studying law, and her answers at the last examination were such as to call forth warm expressions of praise from the examiners, and to make her friends hope that her success in the final examination will be very marked.

Miss Sorabji has made many warm friends since she came to England, and the assistance which they have given towards continuing her studies has been prompted as much by personal affection as by admiration for her abilities and her brave endeavours.

When Miss Sorabji first came to England she was frequently asked to .speak at missionary meetings, especially at those in support of Zenana Missions; but, under medical advice, she has now been obliged