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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