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 duties at the college and himself receiving private lessons in Hindi and English, he had to teach Mr. Marshal the Sanskrit language. In his own residence he also gave lessons to some. His was a novel mode of instruction which enabled the pupils to learn Sanskrit within a short space of time. To convenience them he composed a small Sanskrit Grammar in Bengal characters. As he became widely known as an expert teacher, the number of learners that flocked to his feet increased in no long time. It need hardly be added that they were all taught free of charge and ever after treated with perfect sympathy.

Neither was he apathetic to the interests of his fellow-students. When a teacher of Hindu Law was required for Fort William College, Madan Mohan Tarkalankar, a classmate of his, was appointed through his influence. On another occasion two of his friends applied for two vacant posts in the Sanskrit College and the Secretary did not dispose of the places properly. Vidya-