oppression will give place to peace and order and the reign of law. When one considers what India was under her Hindoo and Mohammedan rulers, and what she is now; when he remembers the miseries of her millions then and the protections and humanities which they enjoy now, he must concede that the most fortunate thing that has ever befallen that empire was the establishment of British supremacy there. The savage lands of the world are to pass to alien possession, their peoples to the mercies of alien rulers. Let us hope and believe that they will all benefit by the change.
April 23. "The first year they gather shells; the second year they gather shells and drink; the third year they do not gather shells." (Said of immigrants to Mauritius.)
Population 375,000. 120 sugar factories.
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A STEVEDORE.
Population 1851,185,000. The increase is due mainly to
the introduction of Indian coolies.
They now apparently form the
great majority of the population.
They are admirable breeders; their
homes are always hazy with children. Great savers of money. A
British officer told me that in India
he paid his servant 10 rupees a
month, and he had 11 cousins,
uncles, parents, etc., dependent
upon him, and he supported them
on his wages. These thrifty coolies
are said to be acquiring land a trifle
at a time, and cultivating it; and
may own the island by and by.
The Indian women do very hard labor for wages running from 401100 of a rupee for twelve hours' work, to 501100. They carry mats of sugar on their heads
