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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Chapter XV

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INDIA.

Appointed Viceroy of India—Forebodings—Voyage to India—Installation —Deaths of Mr. Ritchie, Lord Canning, General Bruce—The Hot Season —Business resumed—State of the Empire—Letters: the Army; Cultivation of Cotton; Orientals not all Children; Missionaries; Rumours of Disaffection; Alarms; Murder of a Native; Afghanistan; Policy of Lord Canning; Consideration for Natives.

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