Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-17

can obtain the maximum return with
the minimum of toll l formed this
opinion in 1851 when returning down
the Rio Negro and Amazon after four
years residence there, and my subse-
quent eight years experience in the
East has only confirmed it.
At Para, in 1S4S. | saw a striking case
or now white man can work In the
tropics. A tall. gentlemanly young
Scotchman, finding no suitable occupa-
scarce in the city, determined to turn
nlilk-man. He hired a hut and some
sheds about half a mile away surround
grassy fields. obtained three or four
cows. and when l made his acquaintance
had got his business in full swing. AMI
his work was certainly rather heavy. He
his cows when In milk had to be cut with
scythe and carried to the sheds where
they were Kept; water had also to- be
brought to them, and the sheds kept
clean. Early in the morning the cows
were MIXED. filling two large cans, when
he Immediately started for the city car
rying. them from yoke across the Shout
ders in the orthodox manner, and making
his rounds to all the houses he served
Returning, he had to get his own break
fast. Then for several hours there was
and getting his own dinner. Yet often h
the early evening he was dressed aud
made calls, often at the very houses he
had served with milk IN the morning.
the thermometer from 50 to 80 degrees or
upward every day. he was the picture of
health and appeared to enjoy his life.
IT is , weil-known fact that IN oeylon
ana indla the men VINO ENJOY the Dest
health are the enthusiastic sportsmen
who seize every, opportunity of getting
away from clVllization, ana VINO often
submit to much privation and fatigue
with benefit rather tnan injury to their
health: Our soldiers, again. even IN the
unhealthy climate Or INDIA, most OF
to do good deal of work. and when
marching against an enemy undergo
much fatigue. and we DO not near that
they are UNEQUAL to II on accoun. OF me
heat. The same is even more clearly the
case with our Sailors who do their reg
uiar work when stationed IN the tropics.
and do not suffer injury either from the
climate or the work, If not exposed to in
fectious disease while on shore. The ed
itor of The Ceylon Observer, comment
ing on my letter in THE Daily ChrOn-
ieie. adduces case after case Of ofh5cers;
planters. doctors. etc, who have lived
from twenty-five up to fifty-eight years
IN Ceylon and nave retained almost con-
tinuous good health ne also refers 20
Dutch families descended from settlers
who came out from one hundred and hfty
to two hundred years % and who have
maintained average good health. even in
the hot country of the plains.
In the Moluccas there are even NOR"
striking examples. many of the Dutch
families having been continuously on the
islands for three hundred years, anu they
have still the fa1r compIeXlons ana re-
business OF form characteristic OF their
kinsfoik in Holland The government
physician at Amboyna. German. as
sured me also that the race is quite as
prolific as in Europe. families OF ten or
a dozen children being not uncommon
The Dutch: however. live sensibiy IN the
tropics, doing all their otnciai work pc
tween the hours OF ana IL A NJ, rest
ing in the afternoon, and going out in the
evening.
! But perhaps the most Conclusive exam.
pie is that of Queensland. the climate OF
which is completely tropical; YET wniie
men work in every part Ct IT.; Whetne.
as cold miners. sheep shearers, sugar
workers or railway builders. there has
never been any complaint that white men
cannot work. while Almost az tne heaNH
mechanical work OF the country. eng,
neering of every kind. carpenterinS ana
all the various building trades ana th3
scores of varied industries OF a c'Niilzed