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· periodical decomposition, should

possess abundant sources of unwhole come

: exhalations. While it is painful to reflect

that these

numerous lources

of diseased

i

envelop us, it is gratifying to know that : every step in the progress of civilization and refinement

powerful antidote. Ie the

int is a

: planting of trees and shrubs, to unload the atmosphere of the carbonic acid,

& gas

which is

the product of animal respiration, and to

replenish it withi

and

oxygen, which sustains

invigorates ees, _ as well as to afford shade from the sun, and a surface for the absorption of the intense rays of light conveyed to the brain through the eyes, which,

less than the direct rays of the sun's

not

heat, tend to

that

to injure discover a simple remedy

the command of every Government is called.

Ave

at

organ, --

more or less inhabitant. The

also to promote

is called upon also to

Lanatory

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the various hollown

smeasures

by causing

receptacles of decomposing filth __ about the town, to be filled ups; by covering

overs

the

great central drains, whence emanates sickly offluvia, and by planting, the waste grounds

in places where the plantations would afford- shade and shelter. I would expecially recommend the planting of the flat behind- the barracks, the slopes round the church, and the Government Offices and-

General's house, which strong quets

break the

and

gully, from the

to erect a

on

01..

the

one-

below the

side, would

that sweep down the

the other, shade the barracks

and mi

rising

It has long been in

midday sun.

"Sanitarium

been in contemplation

" on the hill, below

the Victoria_ peak. The first impression of

this scheme

may

strike a person as absurd..

dearly,

based

upon

Altention to the following facts will show I hope, that the idea was