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, and my topography of Assam was one of I that number, but I fear the rewards bestowed on such successful candidates, were not such as to encourage the Service generally to go and do likewise.

When men win prizes in the race of competition and receive nothing but the ordinary rations served out to those who never entered the lists, it is not encouraging towards the performance of extra professional services, and the Government is a loser by the neglect. The medical department as a body yield to none in a well grounded education, and a diversity of talent well fitted to advance the cause of science in all its departments, but where extra professional labours are required, and satisfactorily complied with, some adequate remuneration is necessary to insure a continuation of them.

17. MEDICAL ETIQUETTE.—A very good feeling generally prevails throughout the profession, re-markably contrasting with the fierce rivalry and wrangling so often seen at home. Medical etiquette forbids the surgeon of one corps attending the officers or families of another corps without the knowledge and consent of its surgeon. Officers who do not wish to give offence to their appointed medical attendant, will always express to him their wishes if they want the opinion of another surgeon, and a ready compliance will always be found, and a consultation the result. At the same time it must be borne in mind that it is the duty of any surgeon