On Prince Edtuard Island fessor Ross for his efficient management of the insti¬ tution, and the hearty expressions of gratitude to the Great Head of the Church for the wonderful suc¬ cess with which he had crowned their labors. And well did the hard working professor merit the com¬ mendation of his brethren and of the church at large. It is safe to say that no minister or professor in the Presbyterian Church of the Maratime Prov¬ inces, or of the Dominion, with perhaps the excep¬ tion of Dr. Thomas McCulloch , ever accomplished, single handed, as large an amount of thorough, solid and efficient work, or made greater personal sacri¬ fices for the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, than did the Rev. James Ross , D. D ., the late principal of Dalhousie College; and few men re¬ ceived less remuneration in proportion to their labors than did he, especially in the earlier years of his pro¬ fessorship. At no time during the seminary's loca¬ tion at the West River did he receive more than would new be regarded as a fair salary in an ordi¬ nary country charge; and yet for seven years, until the appointment of Professor McCulloch to the chair of Latin, mathematics and natural science, he con¬ tinued to perform efficiently the work of four or five men in our modern colleges. He taught five days every week from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m.—two hours' intermission at noon; and the course embraced Latin, Greek, Hebrew, natural and moral philoso¬ phy, logic, chemistry, algebra and mathematics. In addition to his professorial duties he preached twice every Sabbath to his congregation and attended to 169