20 THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF I,EPROSY, ETC. 



As regards the Pacific centres, all that can Ijb done is to ex- 

 clude the Kwantung and Fokien coolie, and to prevent the 

 emigration of labourers from places like Hawaii and New Cale- 

 donia. 



No one can look upon the splendid races of the Pacitic and 

 see how rapidly they become leprous, without feeling they are 

 doomed, unless the Chinese coolie is prevented from infecting 

 them, without profound regret. A race destroyed is gone for 

 ever, and we, as civilised beings, do not desire to repeat the story 

 of the Tasmanian and the Carib. 



China would not help in the good work, of this we may be 

 certain. The remedy lies in the hands of the European nations; 

 and they are the chief importers of the Chinese coolie. Cheap 

 labour, cheap tobacco, sugar and spices, are bought at too high a 

 price if paid for by the extermination of races whose territories 

 we have usurped. 



In this paper we have not touched upon Australia, and only 

 incidentally upon western North America, as these countries were 

 not included in our scheme ; but they too have the same story to 

 tell. Neither have we dealt with other supposed causes of the 

 spread of Leprosy. These questions are treated elsewhere ; but 

 we do not like to close this paper without recording the fact that 

 we have not been able to find a trace of evidence that vaccination 

 has played a part in the dissemination of this fell dis^^ase. 



