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From: "Kimball Thurlow" <>
Subject: re Bathed in the Ganges
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:23:39 +1000

Dear James and other listees,

I believe there was another term for the same scenario.... OTC
or Off The Country.

I think many Britishers looked down on their fellow countrymen if they
succumbed to "native ways".
This latter term could have a wide range of application.

Unfortunately, I cannot quote a source for this subjective information.

regards
Kimball Thurlow in Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Sinclair <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, 8 April 1999 17:43
Subject: Bathed in the Ganges

>Hello fellow members,
>
>The following is a query from a friend of mine. I don't know the answer,
>and I wonder if anyone has come across the expression:
>
>" In the sources I have read, if a European in India "went native" (usually
>early l9th c.) he was reported to have "bathed in the Ganges." I suppose
>it was intended as a negative statement, but I don't know. Were you
>familiar with the term and its meaning?"
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>James Sinclair
>Surbiton, Surrey, UK
>
>
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