ale. It
receives and educates the children of European soldiers, both male and
female; and, considering what they are exposed to while they remain
with the regiments, or are left as orphans, it is an immense boon to
them, physically and morally. I found about 600 children at the
institution; and, so far as I could judge on a transient inspection,
the condition of things generally seemed satisfactory. Looking to the
returns, however, it did not appear that the sanitary state of the
school was quite as good as it might be, considering the fineness of
the climate; and I desired that some inquiries might be made on this
head. It is probable that the children may in many cases bring bad
constitutions with them; but it also appeared that the dormitories
were somewhat crowded, and that the uneven character of the surface
rendered it difficult to provide playgrounds--both of which
circumstances may be unfavourable to the health of the children.

[Sidenote: Dugshai station.]

The Military Station of Dugshai is situated on the pinnacle of a
mountain about 7,000 feet high. It looks bare and bleak, from the
total absence of trees; but the 42nd Regiment, now quartered there,
had all the appearance of health, and there were few men in the
hospital. The bad cases were those of men who had contracted at Agra,
when they were stationed in the plains, dysentery and fever of a
serious type, which were constantly recurring. The troops quartered on
these hills not only enjoy a congenial climate, but are also kept out
of the way of much mischief which they encounter on the lowlands. On
the other hand, it appears that they suffer a little from want of
occupation. It is curious to hear that hunting for butterflies is a
favourite pastime of the British soldier at Dugshai. The colonel,
however, informed me that the library and reading-room were much
frequented by the men; he observed also that many of the patches of
flat ground which lie scattered among the precipitous crags on which
the station is perched, had been converted by them into gardens.

[Sidenote: Simla.]

On the 4th of April,--Easter Eve--he reached Simla, which was to be his
home for the next five months. His impressions of this 'paradise of Anglo-
Indians' were given shortly afterwards in the following words:--

The houses which form the settlement are sit