486 First Report on Leprosy m India. Impart ii. 



We may find that personal examination into the facts along these specially affected 

 border parganas will dispel the plausibility of such an inference, but at present we 

 are inclined strongly to attribute the exceptional prevalence of cases of leprosy in this 

 part of Kumaon in a great measure to its having to give shelter to more than its own 

 share of lepers — to support more, in fact, than is contributed to the population by 

 its own quota of leprous stock. 



We have abstained from making any observations regarding the pathology of leprosy 

 on the present occasion. It will be more convenient to describe this portion of the 

 inquiry when our microscopical investigations of the diseased tissue have been completed. 

 These, for the greater part, we propose to carry out in Calcutta, where the Leper 

 Asylum and the hospitals offer peculiar facilities for prosecuting researches of this 

 character. 



Calcutta, 



November 1876. 



