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consider the question of the position of the stations. In Jamaica, and in the Senegal: swampy districts of Africa it was found that certain positions raised above swamps were malarious while persons living in the swamps did not suffer. It may be that those hills that look so tempting are unsuitable for human habitation on account of the malaria rising from the rice swamps of the valleys, and that the "Fung Shui" that prevents the Chinese from building on the hills overlooking the valleys and drives them down to the level ground is only a traditional expression of the dangers of invading the hills resulting from an experience of four thousand years.
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8. I have the honour to enclose some photographs taken during the visits to Tai-O-Hui and Ping-Shan separately.
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
SPA
Your Most Obedient Servant?
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GOVERNOR, &c.
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