New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
THE CHOLERA IN ASIA
,,v,cps OF THE PEsTILENCE.

TERRIBLE RAvAGEs OF THE fEslIi-iN'h'
a, rnoIisb gentleman, now resident o
oo furnishes to The Journal OF that clty sAe'oh
,o,[rerience Of cholera - found I'D AiShanIS'aI VIM"
~ considers the birthplace OF the pesuehce AHo o"I
,aIs of that country-BankOk, kokah ana hn'a- sun
-, from the disease during the month OF July. start
.r, Afgbapistan il takes an immediate course uu'
nn until II reaches the shores OF BelOochsIah' fIO
o,yadnr the most south westerly town oi tlat count"
a. strikes the southeast spreading over icihC anu oH
Central India. The halts made by the choieI" ~ :,
- r,rr yceedngly acc riding to the situation OF 'n'
psce which il infects The correspondent mas Know
"a reach village which sheltered by hills anu 'N'i
,rr ~ rest for a month. II has also been known u
,ttacz an omen encampment and vanish aiter lev
aoprs Tie inhabitants Of Asia claim 10 DC aplc " "
Wbcn the epidemic wiz make long stay Oh "''oui' VI
The ouick deaths-that is TO say, death closing an Il
NJ f,. or six hours Leaving Afghanistan III Ju5 Ih'
a. i. fC1nd Fragiug through BelOOchistan III the De
of August. About the same uHe lht "HOlC -
iolt toward the end OF the month. At the pres
emf time Of writing the disease Is liaNeh- E
~ IN Inc found In various types. throughout the Edsl
and nov would appear that ne spfcauslO lOIth hS e
hl h its Madras and the entire islands in the ma
Law Archipelago suffer together during lhe mont" " "
Tne writer then gives the following tragic experiences
as among those which he has himself seen ,rnevnr IN
During the July of 1853 happened 40 p ~ iastnaIned
Beloochsta, nom Kelat 10 Omara As l.s . c,rrfIv
place was uOt marked upon my map t o ~ ~ - iIsig
III TO al
Iidcarre ON y arrival 40 Omara was SUI IIisou ~ ~ 60
that It contained 10000 InhabtahlS III, if Tbrougl
eror O the place appeared 10 be IN sIe". S an yisbeJ
INV iuerlrct,r learned that his family Aau an
him gooG- -1yc"they had died Inc J Hy,art was n
teTsriy d.rk las much so if night had suuuonS O I'M
upon them They fully expe9te9 c ~ y Mace for sea No
tvphoon came and III anticipation OF % stOh - ylcro
and thunder the coming 9gan 9g " arriy lcltiug up
thc encampmcut. The Wahee Went Oh 70 Say ; tio S t
did not appear and al grew Dlave anu t "iS' was much
vomiting and cramps among the people. ioNdLuu yad
hn, le~an to die i'm great numbers and night closed
Ins H3 3 Grinong additional terrOrs and mseT1es III us
darkness 10 the unhappy village During te MoIe 30
If NV ne cannot recall scene SO truly allaIHns ~
.h. ~ ~! !icb nrcsented itself before me on my road
through the village. Burial there was hOhS eNoI "9
n for the sicI was not Obainable The fortunate ones
had long hidden their dying relations goodbye tey hai
long ago packed up their chattels Wllcn to5ethS
those Gf be sick relations, they carried away eaNg
tbeir friends To die At Omara waited two days Tor the
steamer that had been promised by the BomOy IoNIII
meut 10 take away 10 kuTachee. NlthOul lur,hSr or
DELAY determined 20 start for Gvadur by camel ana IA
Ter minutes prepared for journey OF go miles along e
Mekrau coast My departure irom the pace caused q
aue and had 40 nut back During the night rain icll,
and 1T o'clock in the morning ett the lolS
forever owing 10 the darkness of the night attributed
The stnbp OF nv camel to the fact OF his being uuWe
nv two companions complained Of the same with tnsiI
animals A. daylight appeared the cause ol liis
stumblng presented itself to The uack-for caels
like locomotives, require tracks 10 tdNo ,oNcI-Wa
ckly crossed gih coTpses in some parts anu as l s
The eve could reach its drecOnw marked od over the
vast sandy plain by the same unmist stakaOie 0lects;
had met during my travels, many choleIa sAetIuS po'
had never before come across its corpses A3Gut In
night we heard q large caravan approaching we knew
II was extensive one, as ITS muslcal
were great The caravan, particularly large one was
compOSed Of 500 canes 500 horses many very valuable
ones from Persia) numbers OF mules ana dOhkeys M
number OF persons that started with TINS caravan was
upward Of 1000 when met them not haIWay on thelI
tourney entire did not muster zoo SOUS he
died from cholera the road Inc rclhal
OF the poor that die in this manner are dropped on t
hDe of march: but the bodies OF those VINO are Weaty
travel with the in various ways Ihefe Were up
ward of 100 camels employed IN carrying the dedu ne
longing this and they occupied Jhe e4IcIht
SsF TFtUe ne Tie only time feared pf GlglcIa Nds
Kissing tn ~ Coupe OI hunGIeC dead ~ was udIhi "a "a
we might have gone by had not tier presence DeeL dSV
known 10 Us by other organs than those OF hEu Ptu
chased two skins OF water from the caravan ana alr
weeks tourney we found ourselves upon the OUTSKIRTS OF
Gwadur As we neared the town our track became nc
ay imuassable with the numbers OF dead ana ulluB lO
here we found that cholera and dysentey were taVehe
armin-arm Everything descation and save an IN
happy 1nuethat srayed through the streets apparently
unconscious OF what going On-nOthng was visible
Here / found that there was total absence OF san
assistance for the sick, An the miseres OF TINS
town appeared erander scale than those WthesStu
at Omara. The mortality had reached the IlEhun Per
cenage OF 49, In fact, threefOurths OF the pCulaon
had been wiped out in the space OF SIX weeks ihe si
tiOu of the British Political Agent was besleetd lheJ
sought us out with the hope OF gaining some Asace
Fora whole week all that scanty means Wouu allow
was done for the women and children who came 70 US
but In nearly every they died, and laid around te
bungalow IN alarming numbers, At night the dogs Wis
tied their remains and at morn the scene was deadu 70
behold AT last barricaded our bungalow, ana SPOKE
kindness these people from out OF the upper
windows Our verandah was full Of dead, and remains OF
whole families laid groups around us Ihe sandy pam
which surrounded for many miles was thcky dOtlcd
over with cOrpsc aud each day bugahs carried away
neOp able 20 leave the place soon there wac
not living creature to be and the whole scene as
Rumed the appearance Of deserted burial ground whose
dead had been somewhat rudeiy dislntered