Produced by Sonya Schermann, Chris Pinfield, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: There are variations in the spelling of local words, in the use of hyphens, and in the placement of quotation marks. These have been retained. Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. [Illustration: W. J. Elmslie] SEEDTIME IN KASHMIR: A MEMOIR OF WILLIAM JACKSON ELMSLIE, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.S.E., ETC, LATE MEDICAL MISSIONARY, C. M. S., KASHMIR, BY HIS WIDOW; AND HIS FRIEND, W. BURNS THOMSON, MEDICAL MISSIONARY. LONDON: JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. 1875. PREFACE. It would have gratified me had this memoir of Dr. Elmslie been placed, at an earlier date, in the hands of his friends; but circumstances, that need not be recorded here, caused delay. An earnest desire was expressed that it should be published, at the latest, by Christmas; and, in meeting this wish, I have found it impossible to afford Mrs. Elmslie, who is in India, an opportunity of revising the work,–to the value of which she has contributed largely,–prior to its publication; and so I regard myself as responsible for the selection and setting of the matter it contains. I owe thanks to those who have sent me reminiscences of Dr. Elmslie, or who have accommodated me with the use of letters which they received from him. I trust this brief memoir of a manly, earnest student; a dutiful son; a devoted medical missionary; and a true, steadfast friend, may be blessed to do good, in answer to the much prayer that has accompanied its preparation. W. BURNS THOMSON. MEDICAL MISSION-HOUSE, 1 RAMSAY GARDENS, EDINBURGH, _December 1874_. CONTENTS. PAGE