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and others, he was subjected, in the faithful discharge‘ of his sacred duty, to privations of which the present generar tion have no adequate coneeptionfil6

* In Dr. Patterson’s memoir of the late Rev. Dr. James Maogregor, there is an interesting reference to an interview which the latter eminent mis- sionary had with Mr. DesBrisay. ”I afterwards,” wrote Dr. Macgregor,. “became acquainted with him, and was always welcome to preach in his: church, which I uniformly did when I could make it convenient. His kind» ness ended not but with his life.” Dr. Mncgregor states incidentally that at this period Charlottetown was a Wicked place. We may safely aflirm. that it was not more wicked than any other seaport of its population..