[45]

See Annual General Report of the Department 1900-1901, pp. 25-27.

[46]

Cf. ante, pp. 46-49.

[47]

No fiction about this, nor about the following letter to the Secretary:—

'The Scratatory, Vitny Dept.
'Honord Sir,
'I want to let ye know the terible state we're in now. Al
the pigs about here is dyin in showers. Send down a Vit at
oncet.'