ABSTRACT
In studying the conditions in Fiji, the author's attention was constantly drawn to the influence of the tropical climate and its enervating effects upon the Europeans who had made their home in Suva. The children were clearly unable to face the heat in the same way as Indian and Fijian children, and a lassitude came over the adults who stayed there without a change. On the other hand, the Fijian and Indian children evidently enjoyed the climate and found all their energy brought out by it. For both Fiji and India itself are the main, tropical countries, unsuited for the permanent residence of the European. The conquest of these tropical and semi-tropical lands by the hardier races has not merely affected the history of India. It has proved an almost invariable factor hitherto in the annals of mankind. The majority of so-called "colonial possessions" which are subject to the European powers lie in the tropics.
