QQ laboratories are. I had a letter from Captain Lamb who is 

 doing the antivenene work at the Pasteur institute at Kasauli 

 to Lieutenant-Colonel Bannerman, in charge here since Haff- 

 kine was expelled for his carelessness. I couldn't pay Colonel 

 Bannerman a greater compliment than to say that he is an- 

 other Colonel Semple. It does one good to meet men like 

 these. Colonel Bannerman showed me over the Institute, 

 located in a large old Portuguese building which used to be 

 the Government House, surrounded by the most beautiful 

 grounds I have seen in India. I saw the preparation of prophy- 

 lactic from A to Z. The technical methods have been greatly 

 improved. Colonel Bannerman is going to present me with 

 a jar of specimens which will interest you — the cobra, Russell's 

 viper, and the krait — the three most venomous snakes in India. 



June 24, 1905, he was still in Bombay; and still enthusiastic. 

 Said he: 



I have certainly enjoyed my visit to the medical men here. 

 They are a lot one is proud to know. Night before last I dined 

 at Captain Liston's home along with his wife and Dr Martin, 

 director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in Lon- 

 don. Dr Martin heads a commission here which has settled 

 down to work out the problem of plague transmission in a 

 sober-minded and careful manner. He is delightfully frank 

 and jovial. Captain Liston, as you may know, along with 

 Captain James, has done most excellent work on the Anopheles 

 of India. I bought their book this morning. 



On June 28, 1905, he was back in Colombo: 



I arrived here yesterday morning after quite a rough trip 

 across from Tuticorni. They have not had plague here so the 

 quarantine regulations are strict and all white passengers from 

 plague infested localities have to present themselves to the Port 

 Sentry Office every day for ten days after their arrival; or up 

 to the time they leave. Hundreds of coolies are imported 

 daily from southern India and these are kept in quarantine for 

 ten days after their arrival. 



Dr Castellani is very nice and I expect to visit his laboratory 

 every day up to the time I leave. I am having a galvanized 

 iron box made in which to repack my cultures. They are 



