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tied, will go a long way towards preserving them 

 in good health and spirits. 



A gentleman some few years ago deputed by the 

 Ceylon Planters' Association to visit Ganjam, and 

 report on the labour supply available in that district, 

 submitted on his return a report both satisfactory 

 and promising as to its capabilities. 



No doubt the feverish climate of the Wynaad at 

 present, and especially of those parts of the district 

 which face the Mysore plateau, will prove the great 

 obstacle in the meantime (and that the climate is 

 malarious during the spring months cannot be 

 denied), but this difficulty can be neutralized to a 

 considerable extent by the use of certain precau- 

 tions. In the first place, the coolie lines should 

 only be erected on dry, elevated situations, protected 

 from easterly winds. Care must be taken to see 

 that there is a good supply of water in the imme- 

 diate vicinity well-water being preferred to that of 

 a running stream ; cleanly habits should be enforced 

 on the coolies as far as possible, in regard to their 

 persons, their huts and surroundings ; and above 

 all, they must be supplied with abundance of good 

 wholesome food of the kind they have been accus- 

 tomed to. It is unnecessary to add, that proper 

 medical treatment and hospital nursing should 

 be provided when sickness makes its appearance, a 

 due supply of suitable medicines being always 



