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Political Superintendent, Palhunpore; after which I crossed the Burmas river to Deesa and
Palhunpore, at both of which places I inspected work; and then passing eastward re-entered
the Mahee Kanta at the Daunta Talooka, passed through this, and across the high hills that
separate it from Hurrun and Posseena, the extreme north of the Vaccinator's Division. From
Delwarra I moved to Kotra on the confines of Meywar. From this I travelled south, keeping
chiefly the direction of the Saburmuttee river, visiting Lamseea, Bhanpoor, Gandah, Manwarra,
&c. to Oondenee, from whence I turned eastward to Edur, and again northwards, from that up
the valley of the Huttemittee river, which I followed till close to the high hills, behind Paul
and Pole; returning from thence I visited Moonditta, Mhow, and Bhelora, when, as it was the
commencement of June, and some threatening of rain among the hills, I returned viâ Chun¬
dernee, Ahmednuggur Paruntej, and Sadra to Ahmedabad Cantonment."
"In the villages around this and the city of Ahmedabad, I was almost daily employed, during
the next three months, and as soon as the waters had at all subsided, I marched, at the close
of the third week in August, to Jeytulpore, around which place and beyond Lallee and the
Kharree river to the bounds of the Kaira Collectorate I inspected vaccination then being
carried on there, examined the Registers and children formerly operated on. I, however,
could not travel far or fast, a great portion of the roads being under water, so after a short
tour I returned to Ahmedabad.
"Towards the close of October I moved into the Duskrohee (Ahmedabad) and Sanund
districts, and early in November I passed on through Sanund to the southern part of the
Veerumgaum Purgunna. I then visited Veerungaum itself, travelled a couple of marches
north of it, and then turned south, coming close along the border of the Nule viâ Sholapoor,
Vikreea, Darnalli &c. to Gangur, in the Dholka districts; from thence I visited Dholka, and
passing on by Kole and Huddulla, pitched near Dhundooka. Having inspected the work round
there, I passed on to Dholera, and thence turned west by Akroo and Soondryanee to Raun-
poor. Here I left the Government territories, entering the Kattywar Districts at Pullyad,
and passing through them I inspected vaccination at Jhasdeen, Gowndul, Jaitpoor and
Joonaghur, from which place I marched viâ Ratyana to join the Political Agent's Camp
at Porebundur. Here the Rana keeps up a Vaccinator, with whom and the Assistant who
accompanies me I worked while at that place, and afterwards at Amrapoor, where I marched
with Colonel Lang, when I received orders to proceed to Rajcote and assume charge of the
Civil duties there.
"This (for the present at all events) has interrupted my tour, which I proposed continuing
round the south, and then through the eastern parts of Kattywar, including the Gogo
Purgunna, and so working my way back again, should it have been necessary for me to return
to Ahmedabad, at the close of the travelling season.
"In these tours I have visited and inspected the work (both recent, and some of that done
in the preceding two years,) of fifteen (15) Government and thirteen (13) Native Chiefs'
Vaccinators, and though there were occasional exceptions, the state of their lymph, correct-
ness of Returns, as verified by personal inquiry, general character and demeanour of the men,
and their zeal and industry in performing their work (often under considerable difficulties)
appeared to me very satisfactory.
"I shall now, reviewing the correspondence of the past year, briefly notice the subjects therein
adverted to, and which from time to time seemed to demand attention in conducting my duties.
"In January I received from Dr. Bow, in medical charge at Kherwarra, intimation of an
outbreak of Small-pox among the Bheel villages along the Meywar frontiers. To endeavour to
arrest its spread towards Guzerat, and afford, so far as the limited means at my disposal
would permit, opportunities of vaccination to the inhabitants of the afflicted districts, I de-
tached three Vaccinators in employ of the Mahee Kanta Chiefs to the boundary at different
points, which arrangement, with matters of detail, I communicated to Sir Henry Lawrence,
the Governor General's Agent in Rajpootana, for which I received that officer's thanks. A