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vaccinating with such matter, irritable sores generally prematurely suppurating are produced,
and the Vaccinators' work is obliged to be dropped until fresh lymph can be brought from
elsewhere. To get over this disadvantage, and that aid might be always present with the
Vaccinators, I was anxious for the services of Peons ; but I have not been able to overcome
the objections on other grounds that exist to their being employed with the Vaccinators, and
must therefore endeavour, by such local means and influence as can be brought to bear, to
lessen the frequency of such occurrences as above complained of, and the checks to vaccina-
tion resulting from them.
At the close of 1857, I had described my tour as having extended to Nowanuggur on the
north-west coast there, and I remained there for some time at the commencement of 1858,
and effecting an arrangement with His Highness the Jam, for maintaining two Vaccinators
in his districts, I was desirous of obtaining employment for a third, for whom there would
be ample work, but did not succeed. From Nowanuggur I marched by Harriand and Joorid,
where I found Small-pox had lately prevailed ; and as no Vaccinator appeared to have before
visited these towns, I had one of the Nowanuggur men sent to carry on operations in them.
After this we moved to Luttcepoor and afterwards to Yunkara, in the Mahee Kanta, where
the principal Chief in that district came to visit, and promised to keep up a Vaccinator for
his talooka, which he has since carried into effect. I next went to Wunkaneer, the Chief of
which has received vaccination in his own family, and is favourably disposed towards it; but
an arrangement for keeping up a Vaccinator in conjunction with a neighbouring talooka,
which I at one time hoped would be effected, has been abandoned, in consequence of a bound-
ary fight, and the unamicable feeling resulting. From Wunkaneer I went to Hulwud and
Drangdra, the Chief of which places keeps up two Vaccinators—one for each town and district,
At Hulwun I found vaccination in a very unsatisfactory state, and tried to improve matters.
At Drangdra and its villages the Vaccinator was working well with excellent lymph ; and the
feelings of the people and success here attained were very encouraging. At Maytun, where
I pitched after leaving Drangdra, I was attacked with fever, but managed to inspect the villages
round my camp, and then moved to Luktur, where I found vaccination in a most unsatis-
factory state—no interest evidently taken in it by the Durbar, the Vaccinator ill-paid,
lymph bad, and work generally at a stand-still. I tried all I could, through the Political
Agent, to get matters put on a better footing; but although amendment was promised,
no good resulted. At Kudwan, where vaccination has long been carried on, the Vac-
cinator was in a very bad state of health, which prevented him from going beyond the town.
He had, however, kept up his lymph by having children brought to his own house. From
Wudwan I visited the Government Vaccinator employed in the Jhallawar district, and who
was at the time stationed at Ankhewallia—a village of the Limreebhyad ; here he appeared to
have exhausted all he could get to do, and complained of want of aid to carry his operations
further. The next town visited was Limree, where, as the Chief had no Vaccinator, it was
arranged that the above man should be for a time employed, the Durbar assisting him. The
Thakoor, at the same time, promised to keep up a Vaccinator for his own people, which he
has since carried into effect. At Limree I also endeavoured to arrange with the Political
Agent to aid in obtaining assistance for the Government Vaccinator in Gohelwar, who com-
plained of inability to carry on work. The next place I pitched at was Chajka—a village of
the Choorabhyad,—around which, and particularly at Choora itself, Small-pox had been very
prevalent since the Dewallee. I arranged for the Government Vaccinator to come there after
Limree. I then marched for Wulleh, the Thakoor of which has for some years kept up a
Vaccinator; here I found the lymph good and appearances satisfactory; so, after having visited
the villages, where fresh vaccination was going on, I moved on by Sehore to Tullaja, where one
of the Bhownuggur Vaccinators was employed ; near this I stayed for sometime, and was able
to set the Government Vaccinator for Oond Surweya and the neighbouring small talookas