GRAND CAYMAN

[s. 292] : One of the Cayman Islands, West Indies, 176 miles northwest from the west end of Jamaica. The island is 17 miles long and 4 to 7 miles broad. Climate, tropical; population, 4,500, composed of English mulattoes and pure negroes; language, English; religion, Protestant. The United Free Church of Scotland has (1902) 2 stations on Grand Cayman, with 2 mi ionaries and 8 native workers, and 534 church members. GRANT, Asahel, M.D.: Born at Marshall, N. Y., August 17, 1807; died April 24, 1844. Graduated in medicine at Pittsfield, Ma . Practised medicine at Bain trim. Pa., until the death of his wife. Appointed medical mi ionary of the ABCFM among the Nestor i ans in 1834. Arrived at Urmia, Persia, November 20, 1835. The medical skill of Dr. Grant was at once called Altho the ignorance and into active exercise. superstitions of the people hampered his efforts, he soon acquired great influence. Patients came — from distant regions from Me so pot am i a or from the Caucasus; haughty Mohammedan mollahs ki ed the hem of his garments; in his life in the wild mountain regions he was more than once indebted for his safety to recognition by some patient who had seen him in Urmia. Dr. Grant’s thrilling adventures among the Nestor i ans of the mountains made his name famous. His work there was broken up by the ma acres of 1843. Two years later he died. His influence as a physician opened the way for his succe ors and his personal attractivene won him friends who long mourned his early death. 292