There is no temptation of wealth, or power, which would induce me to go through it again.

But many people do not feel as I do.

Indeed, the servants of the Company rarely have such a feeling; and it is natural that they should not have it, for they are sent out while still schoolboys, and when they know little of the world.

The moment of emigration is to them also the moment of emancipation; and the pleasures of liberty and affluence to a great degree compensate them for the loss of their home.

In a few years they become orientalised, and, by the time that they are of my age, they would generally prefer India, as a residence, to England.