Show great britain has been stretching her wings over india in 1843 she laid claim to squares miles of that country sho she made additions to this thi s every year except 1843 1845 and 1832 1852 down to 1856 1836 when her possessions aggregated square miles advances were mado made in 1860 1882 and 1880 1886 and now the area of india under british rule is square miles british india is larger than all that part of the united states lying east of the tile mississippi river and its population five give times as great aa as the present population of this whole country great britain may not bo be able to acquire much more of india indeed there is likel lively ly to bo be difficulty in retaining what ehe she lias has with native dissatisfaction and the watchfulness of her aggravating a enemy on the north who I 1 in n the last list 40 years has moved his boundaries over many degrees of latitude to texas |