Physician and friend : his autobiography and his letters from the Marquis of Dalhousie / edited by George Smith.
- Grant, Alexander, 1817-1900.
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Physician and friend : his autobiography and his letters from the Marquis of Dalhousie / edited by George Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![F I VI.] ALEXANDER GRANT'S JOURNAL 76 course on the words, Conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary. Mr Burney is one of the most meritorious of our chaplains, full of energy, of charity, and humanity ; his high personal character has given weight to his preaching, and made him respected and beloved by officers and men. The church was a rude wooden house, the residence formerly of some Buddhist priests. There was a plain chair for the Governor-General, with wooden benches for the rest of the audience, a military one entirely, there being no women allowed at this frontier station. Eead one of Foster's sermons on sober-mindedness. He inculcates this on the young as the best promise of cheerfulness and vivacity in old age. I was struck by his division of sin into that which is from within us, and that from external action. I have chiefly to look to the former. Thermometer to-day 85°, very warm for Christmas Day. 27tli December.—Weighed at dawn of day. Three steamers and one troop boat; weather beautiful and the route very picturesque; the river winding much in a rocky bed girt in with hills with their autumnal clothing ; the Aracan Mountains in the distance to the left. Passed many villages, and saw evidences of more busy popula- tion than in the lower provinces. Arrived at Meaday 5 P.M., distance run fifty-six miles. The Governor-General landed at half-past six, amid salutes from the steamers and from the battery on shore. All the troops were drawn up to receive him. They looked very well, and are, and have been, very healthy. This is the frontier post, and is a compact little garrison tolerably well defended, and with its present force, capable of holding out against any army the Burmese could send against it. But the Court of Ava seems resolved on peace; it is wise, after the event. The surrounding country is, however, in an unsettled](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21443518_0089.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
