To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuina Datty News."
Sir,—An interesting quotation from "A British Official in Many Lands". is to be found on the Book Page in your issue of to-day, and it runs somewhat as follows:
I liked them (the Chinese) none the less after persuading a friend to confess why they so fervently hated the white man. It was only with much difficulty that he was induced to tell me, but efter pressure he said, "Well, as you insist, this then is the truth: You are all so ugly that it almost hurts the eyes. to behold you, and moreover, a white man possesses such an Offensive odour that it needs along training not to show discomfort in his presence."
It is the latter part of this quotation which I find of interest by reason of the fact that I have been told exactly the same thing by Chinese. The members of the Anglo-Saxon race cannot be accused of neglecting the bath and I should be very interested to have some explanation of this "odour."
Perhaps one of your scientific or medical correspondents will be so og to interest himself in the matter and provide an explanation for those who like myself have no adequate reference library which they can consult in order to arrive at the truth of the statement. I am, etc.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.