It was soon after the date of the preceding extract, that intelligence reached Agra from England, that it was intended to publish a memoir of Mr. Martyn; and Mr. Corrie in consequence, addressed the following letter TO THE REV. J. SARGENT. “Agra, Nov. 1. 1813. “I have very lately learned through Mr. Thomason that you have undertaken to draw up a life of the Rev. H. Martyn. It will be of use for you to know that when he left Cawnpore in 1810 to seek change of air, I was with him, and persuaded him to leave in my hands a number of memorandums he was about to destroy. They were sealed up, but on his death, being opened, they prove to be Journals of the exercises of his mind from January 1803, to 1807, inclusive. They seem to me no less worthy of publication than the Journal of Mr. Brainerd, if more books of that kind should be judged necessary. Since the beginning of 1807, Mr. M. favoured me with almost a weekly letter, in which his various employments and engagements for the furtherance of the gospel in this country, are detailed with occasional very interesting remarks. This correspondence ceased on my being ordered by our commander-in-chief to assist Mr. M. in the duties of the station of Cawnpore, when I took up my abode with him from June till his departure, October 1st. Other letters passed between us after that time, and it is my intention to send you copies of all the above correspondence, together with his private Memorandums. The latter, with copies of Martyn’s letters from Feb. to July 1807, were sent off this day to Mr. Thomason in Calcutta, to be forwarded to England by the first opportunity, and the copies of the remaining letters shall follow as soon as may be. Of course I have omitted to copy what seems purely personal: yet much remains which you will perhaps judge unnecessary for publication, and will exercise your own judgment on that head. All the extracts seem to me, however, to cast light on the progress of missionary work in this land, and may perhaps be thought interesting to those who take a concern in Indian affairs. These extracts give so full a view of Mr. M’s character that nothing remains for me to add. Only I may say, a more perfect character I never met with, nor expect to see again on earth. During the four years we were fellow-labourers in this country, I had no less than six opportunities of enjoying his company; the last time for four months together, and under the same roof all the time; and each opportunity only increased my love and veneration for him.