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own
that they find it to their interect to be comparatively honest, and trustworthy, so long as they remain in the service . A contrary course would inevitably lead to detection and punishment . 173.
The following paragraph
from Norvill's work on Mauritius
some idea of
the
on the
the variety
will give difficulties consequent
of Race and Language, that
had to be overcome
by the
authorities there in inaugurating
efficient Police service . "Of
an
races. into
the three primary which ethnologiets have divided the inhabitants of the world
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"Caucasian, Mongolian, and Negro, Mauritius has representatives
of all but chiefly the last two ; and adopting
the
Commer
Classification of languages, there are families blonging to four out of the six stocks, more or less sporen, namely: Chinese, Shearitie, Indo European, and African = The prevailing language among the natives of the island is larede ; a local patois of the French.
Perhaps nowhere on the surface of the Earth is there
: greater variety of race and language. Each country that touches the Indian Ocean
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