Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
[1881]
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Credit: Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ajr r 36 better supplied than now. It is the officers of his service that have done so much to bring about the supply he has advocated. Dr. Gordon spoke on a very important subject, and as he did so it seemed to me how extensive was the question I had introduced ; I had contemplated only the rainfall, but I see now how many other things it leads to. My old friend and brother officer, Dr. Park, has also introduced a question of great interest} though hardly germane to the subject of the paper—the health of Europeans and their families in India. I merely touched on it because I thought it right not to pass it over altogether, for how could one deal with so large a subject, or do more than just touch upon it in the brief space at my disposal ? The question of the continuance of the European race in India is a very important one, and as it has been discussed, I may say that my expe- rience is the same as that of Dr. Chevers, and that I have never heard of an instance of the fourth generation of pure Europeans living in India. I have seen the third generation ; and I think, if anything were wanted to make one satisfied that the fourth could not thrive, it would be a sight of the third. I have nothing to add, except to thank you for the kind way in which you have listened to me. The meeting was then adjourned.
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