Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
Chapter 15
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.