whole party were inoculated before we left Simla, I have
had!no cause to regret it, and cordially commend the example
to^others who may be placed in a similar position. It now
only remains for me to bid you fatewell. My vrsits to Bom-
bay and Poona have, I think, enabled mc to realise better
than a study of newspapers or reading official reports, how
genuine have been the sufferings of the people, and how
heroic the efforts that have been made to alleviate them. I
have'alsoseen that here at Poona, as elsewhere in the worldr
a dark cloud has its silver lining, and that the co-operation
agarnst human suffering and disease in which you have all.
been engaged has done a great deal to drawjtighter the chords
of harmony and fellow-feeling that should unite, and which
I believe at the present juncture more th»n> at any previous
time do unite, all sections in this city. I shall go back to my
work at headquarters encouraged and fortified by what I
have seen and i hope that the knowledge, little though it
may be, that I have secured, will enable mc the better to
cope with any further emergency should such arise. I will
only add that in such a case I earnestly hope that the city
of Foona will not again be one of the victims.
SPEECH AT THEfSTATE BANQUET

AT BHOPAL.
