, 1877-02-09
INDIA
THE GREAT FAMINE.

great famine prevailing in India:
fonr Indian cotreapondcnts have. doubtless, q.
ready Informed yon n t!,c rrcat catth and scarcity
lntlla: hare rccently pa':cd through thr famine
which hive ean,e under my ob.ersasIon.' 's'"~"'A''
Southern Indin ]. now merely rassing into the
a,t 4it, shadow q sts Of dl.'te., hs kc Il
lesft IL, 00o, w, humnn beings viii hnvc 10
ttfagEle for existence: u they arc moi actually
eM 81 81 IL t. fs 81 81 eoss ts s'stsf. tS.
cs!lninc has reference only to the onrert ciatsca
IT, a,e. q te .s.fel,y md iamos {. len.e
the extreme routh os tic aiai:as rrtsijcney' iii
eanaiy severe s9ery whesc. Stonss IN hl' nssy psn
Tor fotty 1nses cny dttcen or twenty h2ve fallen.
farotc. ntid all tho belts Of hind rcachci bY lie
grand r. ,yrtem u ltrlgatlo". whtel. stretches bc.
icstltxtne thc foil wherever it pel,etsatcs, and
f@Isfng @ n % e,sn lstft: OF ths Eng1sh ,a'c to admit
tracts II mid waste which meet tho cyc Uf TIC
traselct a. be journeys " the treat ln!snn Pen.
a aat feature IN tho spectacle IL the condition of
ths eastls. ~ ] Travelled from uhe p1ace 10 an.
snsf ~ %,sn ,'Tssg1g ffm the neisbstaod ot
saw hundreds of lean, Gaif-famtshed kline endrav:
oring I" eke out doomed e1tsscnce on what could
nctnbrrsd that the cow Il principal rorcc i .ua.
teanee 10 illnaus of neafly all castes. md that no
all agricultural jabor depending on tSs ox.onn .H,a
idca ,nay 10 formed Of The terrible casalnity In.
xolycd IL mortality among cattle. Even Tic co,vs
Utterly cnfeebcd and on,acatcd, thcy will iiave
tt,s I'LL let e,the' to yela g dag
Ut nnntsgateh sutlshnc.
Hut the sadaeet feutuse Of ait is the condition Of
.n l.;, !%nan lnaaasant. et his gfeat psnlnsaa
,,n. Of ts', IT., .iasney oa} tsitoist ase Jaw
noii9' ss.. i HSi ssa1ss easse ssa!as a m
ehosn md on .he pier. They were cfowdIng rouuI
tq sacls OF e:Gr.in zl.h which tls tans ior
eoncealed iron, ric~. the .grain. bags being oftcn
p,isd, np n mSunds 70 t,e height Of fifteen Of
grnlu. a few 1,sn scattered about, sr1'.ed ,ri, iii
ennes. were guarding. the sack. tps tho merchants
who uwncd them. and wcre sufficient to prevent
much to make inesions a. 10 enlarec C. any ~
s'fi 5sa ases ais:x iReaFss' saves q s ss %Ss
wefo 20 well made is to ',ke sM any caR *
scattered about evcry wllrru. Tbs knowIeJ:e Of
t.ls circumstances was Tho cansc, Ut the vast con.
lures WIN had WALKED many miles to IL moi,
n'othcrs, with Infants OH sAcir 'Glp,. au.l nasel
an, In thcfr har.l.sct aspect :ol mlaery-were car.
ncstty engaged III elcunng Up every esnin that ps-
cafca from thu sackh the plcr and On Tho shore
Many wcrc provided with coarsc sieycs, by n,eaus
palns. separated from bushels Of rand. In liz per
every cscflce was Hearclpd, ahI every {tsc0lurud
gram M.S scraped up, mixed NJ Il waH with dirt,
elected bctcl-tnce. anl hltl Of all kinds. This Il
q hrlcf and Imperfect description Ut what saw
And now, il viii be asked, what measures e.c
bsiag .aken 10 meet and mitigate thu impending
salaMitys My answer !. that. 70 far as hare
Gay arc fully alive y their duty They are urganiz.
ins relief ~ speedily ~ rosahlc. ucfory l left
Nut!rns / saw thirty ship. lzdcn with Krajn nj
ailch1I In tie roads. Large surf. .boats were con.
t!nunily plying betwecn ti'u ghIEs and tho shost;
thu pier; and duzcns Of huge cranes,
w"tkca BY couatless coolies, wcre re.
;nlS M1linS t,s trucks a. they rctnrned Empty.
tn.t5Iaxo ,ia,,n a,a, t.ousana human beings xetc
t.upGed with raw r!cc,. but of thene about two.
thirds weEu taken In hand by benevolent itch
natives. cuddnpah. Beiary. hnrnoUl. aul other
so%ns wets ~: atso isytns large nun!er; so,nu
tasi was blocked with trucks ladpn with yrnIr,
Indeed. oil tho districts near tie railway nfe toler.
ABLY eetthln Of letNx adequately relieved. hut
low is to % conveyed to distant corters Ut tho
tho .water.famlne" likely to ensuu two or three
near here which usually contains fftsun feet Of
wstsf; s1t ~ T. now nrally dr. Possibly partial
A. TsicAtnopoly, wiisro haye recently been stay.
tng nlpre than three inches Of rain fetl Oh Sunday
hnd M0nday lnst, which will, trust, check tho
shu's!s na s!tsa9y calming ground there Here at
dlstf1ct wns being 4rcnchetl.
Il II evident. tadeed, tbAt the most severe trial
has 5et to como.