James Kennedy, who was a missionary of the London Missionary Society, during his long residence in the North Western regions of India and Kumaon, (present day Uttarakhand).

• Chapter I – Voyage to India and the City of Palaces 1Chapter II – Voyage to Benares – March 1839 9Chapter III – Arrival at Benares 15Chapter IV – Missions in Benares from 1816 to 1839 20Chapter V – 1839 and 1840 First Year in Benares 27Chapter VI – First Year in Benares 34 Chapter VII – The City of Benares 49Chapter VIII – Benares as a Mission Sphex 77Chapter IX – Second Year in Benares 88Chapter X – The Religions Gatherings of the HindusChapter XI – The Object of Christian Missions 108Chapter XII – Mission Schools 124Chapter XIII – Orphanages 135Chapter XIV – Mission Tours 145Chapter XV – From 1847 to 1857 168Chapter XVI – The Mutiny, 1857 and 1858 174Chapter XVII – The Mutiny 185Chapter XVIII – Visit to Ceylon 1858 and 1859 205Chapter XIX – From 1859 to 1868 213Chapter XX – From 1868 to 1877 Kumaon 232Chapter XXI – Almora Mission 252Chapter XXII - Ranee Khet 260Chapter XXIII – Habits and Condition of the Hill People 279Chapter XXIV – The Missionary in India 289Chapter XXV – The Missionary in India 297Chapter XXVI – Native Christians 307Chapter XXVII – Native Christians 315Chapter XXVIII – The People among whom we labour – Mukammadans 329Chapter XXIX – Hindu 338Chapter XXX – Europeans in India 357Chapter XXXI – The Government of India 365Statistics 391