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It also seems desira- ble to remark that, whereas
European prisoners prefer to work to kill time, Asiatic prisoners are by nature so indolent that they prefer idle confinement in a pu nishment cell to labouring in the yards. This accounts for the large number of re- Jusals to labour as well as for any disproportion_ between the times whip- ping is
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te I have the honour to be,
Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Dervant,
Meach
Major General, Administering the Govern-
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