following facts .

A were

The neglected Rice grounds

small, while the natural

Berg

Swampe

z éve

very

extensive, and at

the time the Author wrote leie

work.

they

Atene

undrainedro

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since then however. by your Excellency's instructions the most efficient

MEN VARI,

have been adohled

for the clearing of these swamps,

and what has been the desult?

The Endemic diseases have

diminished in

exactly the

darl

Ratio to the advancement of s

the improvements

in

draining,

So But I think the

ст

very

proof the Doctor advancce in

support of favore the

liia

viewe

Rather

I have put forth :

for instance in page 138 be alludes

to the Barracks at West Point

being

20

unhealthy and fatal

to the soldiers, and assigne

the Reason

of

as

this the deserted

Paddy-fields and Now, the former

in size

the s

Sevcomfions

small

and few in number. that I should not take thene

eve

into consideration, and when Remember that the Barracks

La er e

not

only surrounded, but actually built upon Swamp,

and, although but a short time.

erected,

024

being

Removed, it was

avere

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found that the floors totally Rotten, and beneath them

re

quantity of water

lodged. We have sufficent

CAL

ground for explaining the causes of their unhealthingss. Again

the

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