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tea & spoke of the park at length.  Cichona bark or quinine is one of their pet products.  He also said that the coca plant which produces cocaine grows well in the gardens.
[[circled]] 6 [[/circled]]  What has surprised me greatly is that the English language is surpressed or not encourage [[sic]] by the British [[strikethrough]] for the [[/strikethrough]] as a means of communication with natives.  Altho the British have been here more than 2 centuries the garry drivers & servants generally understand little or no English.  Hindustani is almost necessary in order to travel or get about town.  The British have a [[strikethrough]] collo [[/strikethrough]] tremendous fear of education [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] in natives.  The idea being that the native must be surpressed by every means & kept servile.