’Another simple recipe, and one which answers well, is this.  Mix together of the best English soap, four ounces; arsenic, two and a half grains; camphor, two ounces; alum, half an ounce; saltpetre, half an ounce.  Boil the whole, and keep stirring, in a half-pint of distilled water, over a very slow fire, for from ten to fifteen minutes.  Apply when cool with a sponge.  A little sweet oil may be rubbed on the skins after they are dry.

’Another good method is to apply arsenical soap, which may be made as follows:  powdered arsenic, two pounds; camphor, five ounces; white soap, sliced thin, two pounds; salt of tartar, twelve drams; chalk, or powdered fine lime, four ounces; add a small quantity of water first to the soap, put over a gentle fire, and keep stirring.  When melted, add the lime and tartar, and thoroughly mix; next add the arsenic, keeping up a constant motion, and lastly the camphor.  The camphor should first be reduced to a powder by means of a little spirits of wine, and should be added to the mess after it has been taken off the fire.

’This preparation must be kept in a well-stoppered jar, or properly closed pot.  When ready, the soap should be of the consistency of Devonshire cream.  To use, add water till it becomes of the consistency of clear rich soup.’

I have now finished my book.  It has been pleasant to me to write down these recollections.  Ever since I began my task, death has been busy, and the ranks of my friends have been sadly thinned.  Failing health has driven me from my old shooting grounds, and in sunny Australia I have been trying to recruit the energies enervated by the burning climate of India.  That my dear old planter friends may have as kindly recollections of ‘the Maori’ as he has of them, is what I ardently hope; that I may yet get back to share in the sports, pastimes, joys, and social delights of Mofussil life in India, is what I chiefly desire.  If this volume meets the approbation of the public, I may be tempted to draw further on a well-stocked memory, and gossip afresh on Indian life, Indian experiences, and Indian sport.  Meantime, courteous reader, farewell.