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DRV CULTURE.
IN COUNCIL, 37tb August, 1633.
The Commiltet «f Dry Culture aubsiitted to
Cout.eil < tetter from Dr. Screven, on the oubjea
of Dry Culture In the aoufk of Europe—They
«t*udMt%t melted .in consaqaence of di ep
^Kottonlo him by the committee, that he wuuld
cummualeate the remit of bis obsemtions wkilit
in Ktrope upon that •Object—Thet it embraced
-amor, comprehensive tie*, than any hitherto
9remitted to the public. hod that it appeared em
inently cafcalsted-to act the question of the utility
mf the dry culture patera petmanenfly at teat, if
alothtiatill existed. •
. WJI C. D5N1ELL,
M. I1KKUERT,
F. S. FELL.
On Motion — Striked, Tint the communication
of Hr. Scrercn on the oubject at Dry Culture be
yulCst*-.! forth* infunnstion of tUe-oinscita.
Extract dram the minutet of Council,
U. MVEKS, c. c.
TO W1LMAU C DANIELt,
Chsimsn of the Committee of Dry Culture.
Six s Although a silent, I teas an early
4klvucate for the system whole operatimis
your comtuiucc lus been appointed to in-
hpcct. 1 witnessed witii pleasure the en-
thusi nm with which all classes of the com*
moony contributed to the trial of the grand
experiment which baa fir in object tbc
amelioration of our autumnal diseases. The
mucrificea made by the planter*) the debt
■incurred by tbe public treasury, the exer
dines of the conned and of private indi vidu
als to pul the system nt operation, and the
f encrous devotion of tbe Physicians, who.
y their reasoning and by their experience
illustrated its uiiliiy, deserve the admiration
l»f the world, and will command that of
succeeding generations. Consult, Kmpe-
mrs, lings and Dukes hire improved the
itethh of countries and cities, by draining
-marshes, by making canals and other inter
val improvements,by prohibiting the cu:ti-
WtSiqn of vegetable* noxious in their inSn-
wt upon the human body, and by reuuw
iritt other caxsesproductive of disease. It,u
It here in the annals of history do we rt atl ol
« whole people reflecting upon the ciutcs
«f kieir epidemics, and endeavouring to re
xnovc them at an imm nse sacrifice -f pun
lie as well as private property! We search
in vain for a parallel to ancvcntsoconipie
tious m the history of Savannah, as the vol
sugary subatitution by the people of dry for
srrt qutlure. if we look abroad, we cannot
iflnd a precedent among even the most civi-
dized nations, it it only in Atnerica.wherc
She people have been accustomed to think
and act for themselves, to find out and re
•move the causes of disease whether oi a
physical or a moral nature, that we can ex
pect great and glorious events to arise out
act the sole agency of communities of men
Without the-occurrence of revolution* and
<fvil wars. The culture of rice, aa we will
presently show, has been forbidden alto
gether in some countries, limited to certain
■districts in others, and in all, where It is
tolerated, itfo subject to certain rules of
t blic Hygiene; but tuese prohibitory and
ilrictive tana emanated in each instance
•ftom arbitrary power, and not flora the wifi
4f the people.
'.The injurious influence of riceficlds,
marshes, collections of stignant water, fcc
ills been tnumphantly proved. The ctii
Wens of Savannah have acknowledged it,
End with tbe liberality and the enterprise
characteristic of them, btve endeavoured
«o remove the causes giving rise to that in
flluenee. But there arc persons who doubt,
some who absolutely deny the fact, and
others who through various motives which
it is unnecessary to enumerate, are determ
ined enemies to a system ennobled by its
origin, by the sacrifices made to support it,
End by its happy influence upon tbe public
health—It Is therefore incumbent upon all
irbo take an Interest in the system to ad
duce Detain its favour,in order to confirm
fbe folds of those who believe and remove
the doubts of tbe incredulous—Under that
impression, ( have been induced to put to
gether a few facts in illustration of tbe Dry
Culture System. They were furnished by
the beat work* which treat on the subject,
qnd by observations made during a visit to
two ofthccountries to which they relate.
Isl. Attempts were made in the 18th
centui y to introduce into France the Cul
ture of Rice. During the reign of Louis
XV and under tbe ministry of Cardinal
Flcuty, it wt* cultivated in the province ol
Auvergne and succeeded very well, but its
farther cultivation waa prohibited by order
cf government, because it infected the air,
qod produced epidemic* in the place* where
R was cultivated.—See Diet. univ. d’agri-
culture par TAbbe Rosier. In the same
work it the following observation— 1 uji j,
notorious that in thecounlriea of Europe
Where rice is cultivated, tertian fovera are
almost constant, and prove very destructive
CO the inhabitants” It i* added that fevers
Were multiplied in the province of Lague-
<oc and the territory of Fore’s when itacuU
Cure was there introduced.
3d Spain la one of the countries of Eu>
tope In whieh rice ha* been pretty exten
sively cultivated. It la there forbidden by
order of government to make rice planta
tions within three mile* of the cities. In
the early part or this century, there appear
ed a very interaating publication by Don
Antonio Joupph Cavinules on the agricul
ture or Valencia, in which be ireaUtbesub-
,< tcct of rice culture and its influence upon
neal thi “he give* a table of births and deatha
, from the year 1130 to irer, in the differ
ent place* in which the cultivation of rice
tws been practised. The result is, that
Muring the apace of 58 years, there bare
Iftten born 43,033 children In tbe places
tied, and only
on, on the other hand, gating the
•aine period of Jlyrata^rtf#pwiPifnav*
died in the ptscea bhera rice waa grown,
and-only 39,630 in the places where it iwas
not cultivated.” See H. Y. Med. Rep.
The same author?tx*ttiinei the question
whether the cultivation of rice' should not
be ekogetiter proscribed in Spain. The a,
bote mentioned result of his intestfoaiiuns
evinces what was bis opinion upon this
subject. \ ' .
3d. Deaina, in bis revolutions of Italy,
•tys that the cultivation of rice commeoced
in Italy between the lith and 17th centu
ries, at a time when the inhabitant* and cul-
tivator* were few and the deserted and un
cultivated lands had become wet and marshy.
It was introduced into Tuscany about the
year 1600,by Francisl. whose object min
traducing it waa to enrich the public tret
aury which waa kept empty and poor by
the want of a sufficient population. Deni
na eloquently opposes such a policy In the
following words. “Mow this expedient of
increasing the riches of i country, is in
truth the means of perpetuating its misery:
because, as is well known to all, rice fields,
Ity rendering the countiy unhealthy, not on
ly destroy iu population and prevent ita in
crease, but extinguish industry, activity and
enterprise." lie again say* elsewhere, that
“the cultivation of rice iu Italy has been in
the first place an effect and afterwards a
cause of depopulation and of real misery in
many places.” With a few exceptions,
theieis perhaps no part of the world bettei
adapted for the culture of rice than the vast
plain of Lombardy. The alluvial nature ol
its soil, the numerous vlreams.which.lt sving
their origin in the eternal fountains of the
Alps, Appenines and in the Lakes, tra
verse'it in every direction ; the number of
canals intersecting it i the mildness of the
climate, and the protection from uinds, af
forded by two high harries cf mountains—
all tlteso advantages combine to render it
extremely well suited for wet calture. An
active, industrious and intelligent popula
tion has not lust sight of such advantages.
Rice has hcen cultivated to a considerable
extent in Piedmont and Milan, and still con
tinucs to form one of tbe prominent arti
cles of their agriculture, notwithstanding its
acknowledged bad effects upon the health
of the inhabitants. The traveller sees nu
tnerous rice fields on the public roads lead
mg from Turin and Pavia to Milan, as he
approaches the latter, he suddenly loses
sight of them within five miles of the city,
and very naturally begs to be informed why
lands so well adapted to the culture of rire
are not used lor that purpose: he is told
that this grain was forint rly cultivated in
the vicinity of Milan, but that in conse
qoenee of its having been found detrimen
tal to the health of the inhabitants, its culti
vatlon was prohibited within five miles ol
the city. It is curious to observe the dif
erencc in the aspect or the people inhabit
ing the rice countries of Lombardy, and ol
those living in the same plain where ricr
i* not cultivated. In that of the former, is
to be seen the tallov) complexion so chsr
actcristic of unhealthy regions, and on the
contrary in that of the latter, the rosy hue
of health. Chateauvieux in his lettres ccrites
d’ltaliv, gives an animated, though perhaps
an exaggerated discription of those engag
ed in the cultivation or rire—he sayi u as
you pass along the dykes of the rice 6elds
you see the unhappy labourers wandering
libe so many ghosts through tbe reeds anti
slopping at the sluices which they have
hardly strength to open and shut. They
are not the only victims, the reapers sel
dom finish the harvest without being seiz
ed with kbiverings and carrying with them
an ague, from which their return to the
high grounds does not always enable them
to recover. The countries therefore under
the cultivation of rice are thinly inhabited,
and the few inhabitants are in a sickly and
diseased state.” Melehiore Maggiore, an
Italian statistical writer has compared the
fatality among tho inhabitants ol ten depart
ments of Lombardy under rice culture with
that of the tame departments under dty
culture. Tbe following is his table.
Rica Culture
Adige
Agognl
Alto Pi
1 in 36
I « 35
1 “ 38
Uracehiltogne t “ 38
Brents 1 « 37
Bs*so Po 1-25
Hell* 1 *• 36
Mincio 1.« 36
Olons 1 “ 28
Sirio 1 “ 26
was sol cultivated,
Dry Culture.
Deaths.
Adige tin 38
Agogna l “29
Alto Po 1 » 30
Bnechiliogne 1 “ 3>
Brenta 1 “25
Basso Pe 1 « 37
Delia 1 “32
Mincio 1 " 29
Oloni 1 “36
Sirio I “ 31
See Lyman’s P>lit. State of Italy
The same author gives more birth* and
marriages to rice countries.—Ilia calcula
tion may be correct as it regard* the depart-
menu upon which he made liia observa
tions, but that it will not apply to atl coun
tries is evident from the statement above cit
ed ofCavinilles who gives tn excess ofbirths
to countries of Spain not cultivated in rice
of 5,774—The government of Milan well
■wire of the tendency which rite cultiva
tion hat to keep down and degrade the
population or the country, has forbidden the
extension of rue fields beyond tbeir present
limits.
4tb. The Culture or rice it very limited
in the State* nf the Church. The only
part of them where it haa been cultivated
at all, is the country situated to the east of
Bologna. It* culture was there introduced
about SO yean ago, but is since almost a
bandoned In consequence or iu observed
bad effect upon the health of tbe inhabit
ants.—Dr. Clark in a late work on the di
mate and diseases of France and Italy,
makes the following observations— 1 “There
ware a few intermittent but no continued
feveta in the hospital or Bologna, when I
wa* there. The former had become more
frequent aince the cultivation of rice had
been introduced into the cquntnr around
Bulogoa, about 30 yean ego.” In 1816, a
report was made by a board of Cominis
awitera appointed by the Roman govern
ment, to examine into the influence upon
public health, of the rice plantation* situated
in ibat portion of tbe Statea.of the Church
in mat portion oi the Slate* of the Church
-The result ol their investigation* i* to tbe
following effect—
abolish ail tiee fielqt in districts
good sir, and that are Suitable lor a
wholsome. cultivation, or n here tba Viilag'
ci and houses are but situated at a sufficient
distance for safety. Sod, That rico fields
should be maintained only In those low,
damp places auiuble for no other cultiva
tion, at proper distances from human habi
tations and in natural valleys—th* creating
of artificial valleys for the purpose ofcol-
lecting w ater being borbidden.”
See Lyman’* Polit. state of Italy.
While on-the subject ol the Pontifical
Stales, It may not be uninteresting to Make
s few observations upon the Campagna di
Roma and the Pontine marshes.
The Campagna di Roma is qot, as one
would be induced to suppose, a perfect
plain. It is diversified with hills and val-
lies, plaint and marshes, Likes and rivers.
The most elevated points are Mont Alba-
no, Monte Host, Mont Oreste and Monte
Mario, all of which are situated from »ne
to twenty miles from Rome. Besides t hesc,
there are many other elevations ol inferior
altitude. Between these elevations are til-
uated vallies where the hills are much ap
proximated and plains where they are more
remote. The surface of the Campagna is
>articulariy irregular to the east where it
; oins the chain of the Appenines—Its wes
tern portion where it borders upon the Me:
diterranean is less irregular, and for the
inoit part composed of a low. marshy soil,
in which are situated considerable bodies of
water called atigni, that communicate with
the sea and are supplied'by it. Numerous
streams hiving their origin in the Moun
tains traverse the Campagna and empty
themselves either directly into the Mediter
ranean or into the Tiber. They are gene
rally sluggish in their course end their wa
ten invariably colou red with the soil through
which they pasa. The venerable Tiber
cannot be excepted from the remark.
Mon cm onde lietc e cbirro
Cone al mare,
Pajs.i torbido cd oscuro.—Guldi
Its course is through a lime stone region
tram which it derive* its yellow -colour—
The ancient poets, so ac -urate in Ihcir des
cription of natural objects, call it the Yellow
Tiber. There is perhaps no part of the
globe that contains in the same space a
greater number of lakes than the Campag
na. They havo no natural outlets for the
discharge orLbctr waters. The deep cavi
ties in which they are situated are according
io geologists craters ol extinct volcanoes,
l our of them are upon Mont Alhano.. The
largest derives ils-name from lint Moun
tain—A canal was made three hundred and
ninety three years bel'oic Christ, lodrainoff
its water, which from its constant accumu
lation threatened an inundation of the sur
rounding country. This subterranean ca
nal perforates the mountain and is more
than a mile in length. It still serves the
purpose for which it was originally intend
ed. For this great work Rome is indebted
to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, which
declared to the Romans llio impossibility
of conquering the Veii unless they drained
this lake. Another of the- lakes upon the
same mountain, has a similar artificial out
let—tho history of which has not been
handed down. Besides these, ilic-c are
seven or eight lakes in what is properly
called the Campagna, independently of oth
er simitar small collections of water. Se
veral of them have been drained, but the
draining of the remainder is next to im
practicable, except upon the plan of the
ancients, and they still continue to exhale
pestilential miasmata. Tho Solfatara,a lake
whose sulphureous exhalations are perceiv
ed long before the traveller arrives at its
shores, was drained in modern times, by
the eirdina! Hippolite d’Ette—It is now
much smaller than it was, and it iasuppos
ed that it will soon close up by reason of
the depositions which are constantly form
ing on its banks. The Campagna is nearly
destitute of trees, cultivated fields and hou
ses. It presents on every side little else
than waste and desolation. Scattered spot*
of cultivation, a few wretched houses which
serve at taverns, ruined aqueducts, the re
mains of ancient towns, villas, temples and
funereal monumentt^re the only objects by
which the eye can measure the wMe ex-
panic. Inn keepers, Shepherd* and their
Bocks, are now the only occupants of a once
thickly inhabited country where Maecenas,
Cicero, and Adrian were proud to build
their villas. »
Tul nonfosti gia tu, quando vedcsti
I consoti aralori in campadoglio,
E tra ruvidi fosci in utnil aoglio
Seder mirasti dittatori agresti. Tetli.
' To what are we to attribute the present
degenerate state uf the Campagna! Dtnina,
and after him Chateauvieux, have attribut
ed it to the destruction of property, and of
the Empire by the Northern Barbarians and
the abolition of slavery by the introduction
of Christianity—In the time of the repub
lic and the empire, the country was divid
ed smong a large number or owners, and
•laves were the only hasbandmen—At pro
sent the Campagna is in the possessionof a
few individuals, and the small quantity of
land under cultivation is tilled by men who
go there for that purpose from the Adriatic
coast of Italy, and the Abruazo—and who
lafi victims to the exhalation* given out by
the lakes, marshes, and the neglected soil.
Pestilential air which was the effect of the
ruin, is now by its reaction one of the caua
et or the present state of tbe Campagna —
From the imperfect description which hat
been given of the environs of Rome, it can
not but be nerceived that iu situation it un.
healthy On every aide of it, are vallies
which serve as receptacles for water in the
rainy season, muddy streams and Lake*
which exhale Mephitical and Sulphureous
gasses—to the west are the nfarsbei and
stagniaboat-the mouth of the Tiber, and
to the South the Pontine marahes from
which long continued Southerly winds have
conveyed penitential exhalations evm to
Rones as would appear Irom tbe follewlns
•toe* of Pitot, «Ob Putrid** exhalations*
Mrem paludum, Ventuni Syrophaenicum
-.Ell 0 !?®®°P e , re •»*«<••»» volunt non-
null! . Tin Ancient Rojpans guarded a-
natural at:
by building country bouses, and decorating
them with gardens, by making numerous
aqueducts, canals and roads, k by draining
the lakes and marshes. . Religion, agricul
ture, the Cue arts, and the sciences, at the
aame time that they embellished Abe coun
ty, purified the ajy and rendered it salubri
ous. The healtRbf Roma, commanded the;
attention ol her greatest, bar best, nay even
of her worst governor*. Tbe enterprising
Appius, the uisgnifiileqt Augustus, the
cruel Tiberius, ihe virtuous Titus and the
benevolent Trajan, contributed alike to the
promotion of public health, by the Various
internal improvement* of which they were
theeuthorajand Suetonius informs us (bat
the untimely death of Julio* Cmtar preven
ted the execution of the grand project
which he'entertained, of turning tbe eourse
of the Tiber through the Pontine marshes
in order to drain them more effectually.—
Before ^we leave this subject. * lew obser
rations upon the malaria leven may not be
misplaced. Malaria signifies literally bad
air, and is the noxious principle which ex
bytes from tbe low grounds, lakes, marahes
and uncultivated soil of thr Campagna: and
causes tbe fevers of Rome and its vicinity
These fevers vary from the mildest intermit
tants to the severest remittents. Tbe / pre
vailing type is Ihe tertian. They are simi
lar to the fevers of tbe lower country ol
Carolina and Georgia. Those most obnox
ious to them are strangers who consist
chiefly of the inhabitants of the Adriatic
coast of Italy, and who visit Rome -and its
environs it, the summer and autumn for the
purpose of harvesting the lew crops of grain
Saha®
ETffSi®;
sion or the French, its ciufiaiion *JIJ
to other, k
eoodhio*.
bibited In certain
was regulated by the
1st. The rice fle|ds «hill be watered £
pinning water-2d. Tbe petition rtZ2
ing permixaioo to open a rice field,
contain mention ofthe precise spot
the field Is ihuated, the extent of the iSi
tbe body end the quantity of water thtiS
cultivator propose* to *—pf# thh
tion must be posted up three weeks in thi
chief places of the canton, and an corinZ
appointed by the Prefect shall repair ug
report ae to the *6i| and situation at foeol
pence ol the petitioner, ft is necestan
obtain permission as aforesaid, that tb* a.
gincer report* ibat the spot cm b* tppn,
priated to no other cultivation, tiutthvk.
cllnatiotiof the toil 1* sufficient to cium*.
constant and free circulation of enter—tha
it is capable of being surrounded wk*
canal fit to receive all the water ofirriguioq
and t-> conduct'it to a .neighbouring „
—that the water shall be sufficient to foaa
the whole land constantly covered—that
the rlc* field shall be situated at lent uoo
feet from the nearest habitation—3000 Ice
from the nearest highway, and 13000 fctt
trom ihe nearest village.
See Lymans Pol. state of Italy.
On the southern aide of tbe Gulf cf Sm
lento la an extensive plain in which tba mat
remarkable object* are t|ie ruins of the city
ol Pxstam.—This plain is low, fertile, ufi
made upon the Camptgoa Rainy seasons being well watered by the tivar Stic, it
are most favourable to their production,par “ ’ ■*’"
licularly when the rains are followed by a
long contii.ued hot sun. Subjoined are
the bills ol inurtalily caused by the malaria
fevers in the largest huipital (Santo Spin-
to) of Rome—duiing ihe autumnal seasons
of 1818 and 1819—
1818 Received 8137 Died 363.
1819 / “ 6134 « 358.
1 he Pontine marshes commence a few
miles south ofCisteroa and extend for twen
ty four miles to Terracina. They arc from
6 to 12 miles broad. History inform* ua
that the principal persons who Lave been
conspicuous in their attempts to drain them
were Appius Claudius Cte:us, in Hie-time
S? i! 1 '®:™ P .' r a’.T b n d ’ r,C ‘ he if that the air of that place it pevtilenual d7
the Empire end the Popes Boniface VIII,
Martin V, Sixtus V, and Pius V’[ in mo
dern times : most of these attempts were
successful in restoring the sail to agricul
ture and in purilyin'g the air, but the im
mediate successors of those great men ne
glected the improvements which they had
made and allowed the marshes to relapse
into their nnmnal state—For heir present
improved conSitlm, Italy i> indebted to the
late Pope PiusVI, and his engineer Rapit-i.
A line road 34 miles long and bordered with
elm trees divides the marshes into nearly
two equal parts. To the west of the road
and close along side of it, is a navigable ca
nal which receives the water of all the o.
thei- canals which have been made to drain
the marshes. This toad occupies the site
of * h « APf™ “ay, some of the remains ol the difference of the former, and tho pwi
which still exist; and the canal is the same
as that upon which Horace emburked in his
famous journey to Bi undusium. Notwith
standing the vast efforts made by the late
Pope to restore these marshes to agricul
ture,snd to render the air salubrious, he did
not tully succeed in either ol his objects.
That part of them situated to Ihe east of
the road is belter drained than the other
half and cor.tiins a few fields of grain, but
it is chiefly used as pasture land for im
mense droves of Buffaloes.—To the west
of the road are a few cultivated spots, but
the greater part of it is still fenny, and in
some places, particularly in the vicinity or
the sea, the land is covered with stagnant
water. The air of the marshes hns been a
good deal improved by their partial dcsic-
cation but theit whole extent is still con
sidered insalubrious, and so much so that
the few inhubilanta living upon them are
wretched looking object*, and those who la
hour in ihe Golds and upon tbe canals relire
at night to the neighbouring mountain* and
villages. The present Pope with the be
nevolence charcteristic of him, Is engaged
in draining still lurther by means ofa canal
llteir eastern section. His paternal care
aided by his liberal and enlightened minis
ter, the cardinal Consalvi, will, I have no
doubt, vety much ameliorate the condition
of this part of the Pontifical slates. Not*
withstanding that it is so imperfectly drain
ed, it it already in part cultivated, and in
habited, and its air is become more salu
brious.—What then may we not anticipate
at the reiult of the complete desiccation
which the works now in progress and tho
plan, (il it is adopted) or s French engineer,
which consists of making parallels of can
als k secondary ones at an angle of 45 deg.
are calculated to effectuate! With such as
sistance, a few active and enterprising for
mer* would saon change the face ol thi*
plain and restore it to that itate, whan ac
cording to Pliny, twenty three cities and
numerous villas were situated upon it and
in its vicinity, and when in the year 353 of
Rome, as Livy informs us, it was divided
emong the people lor cultivation—“Quin,
quivero* Pomptino agro dividends create-
runt." It mutt once therefore have been
more salubrious than it is at present. Why
may it not become so again! Let it be well
drained, which is not physically impossible,
for there is a declivity ol seven feet, and the
nocientt must have had it dry in order to
cultivate hand to people it with twenty
three cltiea.—Let the land be divided »•
mong farmer* and they will cultivate a toil
naturally fertile—Restrict them to dry cul-
pcriccuy adapted to rice, which wu former*
ty cultivated opi
ion it, hut owing to lurid
effect* upon the health of net only th* i*.
habitants of the plain, but of those of the
neighbouring towne—its cultivation trn
abandoned.—Tbe eahaiations extended to
the city of Salerno, which according to it*
information received from its inhabitants,
has since become more healthy, though in
air is still considered insalubrious. The
plain is now'almost wholly unculiivstediel
uninhabited, and supports large herdaof
Buffaloes. Pxstum is inhabits by a fir
miserable (amities who act as Ciceroni end
live, upon the charity of the curious she
visit the ruins. I was informed by then
plate it pettileniial
ing the summer and autumn, and that they
were forced to take refuge in the neighbor
ing mountains so long as the warm weather
lasts. •
6th It is a remarkable fact that pestilen
tial diseases are neither so frequent writ
extensive or fatal in Europe as they woe
former!}’. To what are we to attribute thia
■melioration nf disease ! To agricultureud
other arts, ami to civilization—oresFodee
has more eloquently expressed the um
idea—“A la main bienfais ante de la pbils-
supine qui a desseche’ les mantis, coDUnk
det clictnins, bride des rivieres, enriebi h
culture ct tnultiplie les moyens dc mbit*
ancc, qut a porte le gout de la proprett’ ‘
•ncme unecertainc aisance parmitontesl
classes.” Philosophers thus sceount b
ent stale of Europe as regards the health ol I
its inhabitants—uovefnois would sttribal
it to the magical influence of auinntfol
laws, and “Cordons Sanitaires.” The saai|
happy result will in time ( be the eoet*
quence of the progress and perfectioacj
agriculture, the increase of poputittoo,«r
tbe extension of civilisation in An)
Need we promise ourselves an amn
ration of disease in Savannah! Hu!
not already taken place to a certain cxtjEl
through the happy influence of the P
Culture system! All who observe well,!
tify to the fact. Already have we gr"
an impurtant advantage over oef inn
enemy, marsh miasma. Let us the* o
py with firmness the.ground we hstre I
from its dominion.—Letus pursue IhetM
tern to its tidiest extent, and not im 1 "
fied till we finally destroy, in ’ImhiwM
Hercules, all of whose labours were
benefit of mankind, the nine heeded uj*
which infestethe neighbout hood ol out«
ty. Much of the public treMure has»
expended, let us not permit posterity*
say that it wai squandered. Much
muit yet be done to complete the
let ue not etop ahoit iu a career so inn
ciously commenced. A great resrsn i
before ua, let us spare no expense, ac ‘
ertions to obtain it.
Let us reflect, that we are no* MV
example, by which countries whose r
graphy is similar to our own may r”
that we are now establishing a P n
by which future generations of ntep*
be guided.
Philanthropy calls upon uitoto 1
tnd industrious in this our good
interest dictates to ua that the
are pursuing, is the one be»t €»«**
promote our prosperity and hippie" 1 '
are now justly the subject of <• .
to all foreigners who are acquaint™ _
the hlatoiy ofthe Dry Culture inf** -
ted by ourtllty—a dereliction of™
«t thia time would call forth their co*"
and cannot certainly rail# ua to our o 1
ti(nation— * . - ' | 3
May you, Mr. Chairman, v*l"\
norable Cotq toittee, continheto pwry
system with *11 the taal andfinwfj
become guardians ol the Public be>*n
tba foitbMnrocution ofyoor *}V £|
b* seconded by the Council, Vr,
withe* and luppott g™” i
vannah, and by no Individual w»*
fervour, than by, Slfo - '.
Y00r, ?AMMP.8CBF.V
lure and they will make dams and ditches I IT”
to keen tbe land dry. jPsnili upon the plan Brought to Jail ^
teepthe land dry. Xanals upon i
of the French, clean dama and nee ditches,
th* enriatie of the soil covered with vege-
tatfon, fields bordered with tree* sain Lom
bardy, well built house*, cattle to keep
doslrn the weeds of meedowjk end other a-
gncultuni improvemimtj would portly tbe
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