New Year's Day reception at Lord Pentland's, the governor of the Madras Presidency 98 Followed by a reception from the Rochester men, my former pupils 99 X. THE TELUGU MISSION 101-113 Madras, next to Calcutta and Bombay in thrift and importance 103 Baptists have done most for the Telugus, as Congregationalists most for the Tamils 103 Statistics of our mission are most encouraging 103 Self-government, self-support, self-propagation, require time 104 Conference at the house of Doctor Ferguson brings together men from four separate fields 104 The theological seminary at Ramapatnam, in charge of Doctor Heinrichs 105 Our reception by teachers and students, and value of their work 105 Ongole and the work of Doctor Baker, the successor of Doctor Clough 107 Laying the corner-stone of gateway to the new hospital 107 Country tour into the heart of Telugu-land, and open-air preaching to the natives 107 Vellumpilly, where 2,222 were baptized, and Sunset Hill, where Doctor Jewett prayed 109 Kavali, and the work of Mr. Bawden for a hereditary criminal class 110 Industrial education side by side with moral and religious 110 Nellore, our first permanent station in South India 111 Its high school, under Rev. L. C. Smith; its hospital, and its nurses' training-school 112 Mr. Rutherford, successor to Dr. David Downie, and Mr. Smith--all of them Rochester men 112 XI. THE DRAVIDIAN TEMPLES 115-124 The Dravidians are the aborigines of India 117 The Aryan conquerors appropriated their gods, and Siva married Kali 117 Massiveness and vastness characterize their temples, but also Oriental imagination and invention 118 The temple at Tanjore, with its court eight hundred by four hundred feet 118