continued reading Chinese, generally aloud; and when he came to a
difficult word he repeated it again and again, in order to impress
it upon his memory. About eight he had breakfast, consisting of
Chinese rolls and a cup of cocoa.

'At nine he went to the street with his tent, Mr. Liu, the native
preacher, accompanying him. One of the inn-servants assisted the
latter in carrying tent and medicine boxes and in erecting same.
The tent was erected in a broad street at the back of our inn,
where a daily market was held. The medicine boxes were placed on a
little table, in front of which stood a wooden form and another at
the side. The patients were seated on these. Any difficult cases
were sent to the inn to be treated by me. On the table were also a
number of copies of various tracts and portions of Scripture. Mr.
Gilmour dispensed medicines, talked and preached as the opportunity
offered.

'About one he returned to the inn, and had dinner, consisting of
meat, etc., which was bought at a Chinese cook-shop. About three
we generally took a walk to the country. We used to go out to look
at the various crops, and Mr. Gilmour would chat away to one and
another whom we met on the road. He was generally recognised, and
in the most friendly way. I have a very pleasant recollection of
these times; often our conversation would turn to home, to our boys
and friends. Sometimes he would tell me about his student friends,
while at other times he used to tell me of his deputation work at
home, and about the various people he had met there.

'Often a gentleman would come up and ask, "Where are you going?" to
which Mr. Gilmour would reply, "We are cooling ourselves; we are
going nowhere." It was always a mystery to people what we could
possibly mean by taking walks to the country. One day two lads
followed us for some miles across some low hills, anxious to know
our business, and getting well laughed at by their friends, poor
fellows, on their return to the town.

'One thing about Mr. Gilmour always impressed me deeply--his
wonderful knowledge of the little touches of Chinese politeness,
and his wonderful power of observation. He loved the
Chinese--looked upon them and treated them as brothers, and was a
man who lived much in prayer; and in this lay his