The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-11
The Vastness of India.
From the Fortnightly Review.

From the Fortnlghtly Review.
For eighty years, at least, writer's have en-
deayored to bring home to Englishmen the vast
ness of India, but, so far as can be perceived they
have failed. The Briton reads whay they say
learns up their figures and understands their des.
eriptions, but fails for all hislabor to realize what
India is-a continent as large as Europe west OF
the Vistula and with 10000, 600 more people, fuller
ofancient nations, of great cities of varieties of
civilization, OF armies, noblities, presthoods Or
CARNATIONS for every conceivable purpose from the
spreading Of great religion down TO systematic muir
der. There are twice as many Benealese as there
are Frenchmen the Hindostsnees properly go
called, outnumbered the whites in the United
States the Mahrattas would fill Spain, the people
ofthe Punjab with Scinde are double the popua-
ton ofTurkey and have named but four Of the
more silent divisions.
Everything is the same bewildering scale
The fighting people Of India, whose males are as
big as ourselves, asbrave as ourselves and more re-
gardess of death than ourselves, number at least
100000, equal to Gibbons calculation of the pop
uation Of the Roman empire. The are 400 090
tralnedbrown soldiers in native service of whom
we hear perhaps once in ten years. and at least
1000 090 men who think their proper profession is
arms, who would live by arnssf they could, and
ofwhom we in England never hear Il word Ifthe
Prussian CONSUMPTION were applied in India, we
Should, without counting reserves or landWehr. or
any force not summoned in time of peace have
2,5o0000 soldiers actually in barracks with 100000
recru Its coming upeYery year-a force with which
not only Asia, but the world might be subdued.
There are tens of millions Of prosperous peasants
whose boarding make India the grand absorbent
Of the precious metals tens of millions of peasants
beside whose poverty fellahs, Or Sciliaus, or Con
naught men are rich; millions Of artisans ranging
from the men who build palaces to the men, who
nearly naked and almost without tools do the
humblest work of the potter.
Every occupation which exists in Furope also
exist India. The industry of the vast continent
never ceases. for India. with all her toeming null
tiiudes, with population in places packed beyond
European precedent imports nothing either to eat
or drink. and but for tie Europeans, would i'm
port nothing whatever She is sufficient to her
self for everything ave silver Amid these varid mas
seg, these 2J0000,00 whose mere description would
fill volumes, the tide ollie flows as vigorously as
inEuTope. There sas rnuch labor, as much conten
ton, as much ambition, much crime, as much
variety Of careers, hopes, fears and hatreds It IS
stl possible to a moneyless Indian to become
yiZier OF q dynasty der than history, or finance
minister of a new prince whose personal fortune In
hard cash Is double that ofthe late Emperor VIII
lamiO gbDOt OF monastery richer than astoubury
head Of firm whose transactions may vie with
those Of the BarinsE and Blechroderg One man,
Jue Ferslal by name, fed and Transported the
army which conquered the punjab-
The record Of cures accomplished by Hoods
Sarsaparilla can never be completely written.
The peculiar curative powers Of Hoods Sarsa-
pagilla are succ6ssfgl when everything thing
else has failed. ii your blood is impure, your
digestion Of cut Of order, try Hoods Sarsapa-
rilia.