Going in he spied a copy of Griswold's "Poets and Poetry of America." With a pencil and some sheets of paper, he wrote an article on American literature, filled up with pretty copious extracts.

He took it to the editor of the _Review_ who paid him for it, I think five pounds, and told him that he should be happy to have him make other contributions.
Hall supported himself by writing for that review and some other periodicals published by the same concern until he could send home, get new letters of introduction and credit and support himself as a gentleman.

He spent three years in Calcutta studying Hindostanee and Persian, and afterward, Bengalee and Sanscrit.

Later he removed to Benares, where he was appointed to a tutorship in the Government College.

Then he became professor and afterward Inspector of Schools for Ajmere and Mairwara.