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plete. Under this treatment, I had only one case in which I removed the worm, measuring
2¾ feet, at a sitting of an hour -and a half; in the other cases I generally drew out about 4
to 5 inches every day. I found this plan of treatment to succeed very well, scarcely one
case was followed by suppuration. In some cases where I found the worm as a firm catgut-like
swelling beneath the skin, I cut down upon it with a lancet and passed a probe underneath
and either directly extracted it, or rolled it around a bit of stick or cotton and afterward
dressed the wound with carbolic acid lotions.
Vaccination has been successfully carried on with good lymph from arm to arm, which is
kept up in the Regiment. The Superintendent of Vaccination for the Southern Mahratta
Circle sent with his senior assistant a cow previously vaccinated to the hospital, where he
vaccinated in my presence some children from it. I am sorry to say the result was unsuc-
cessful.
Topography .—Dharwar, the "hoozoor" station of the collectorate of the same name, is
situated on the Poona and Madras road about 264 miles S. E. of Poona and about 48 S. E. of
Belgaum and in 15° 30 north latitude and 75° 2' east longitude. It is divided into four parts
namely, the civil station, the fort, the military and police lines, and bazaar or native town.
The civil station occupies the extreme west and is skirted on the north and east sides by
the Poona and Madras road, and is bounded on the south and west by the open country ; it
is nearly .a mile long from east to West, over three quarters of a mile broad from north to
south; it is intersected by fine wide roads shaded by beautiful trees. The bungalows are
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galow is provided with a good well and ample accommodation for servants and stabling. The
Collector's "k utchery" occupies the extreme south of the civil station, and is built on the top
of an eminence, which is about 2,300 feet above the level of the sea, and the highest point for
many miles round.
The fort is situated close to the north-east of the civil station ; it measures externally
about six hundred yards in diameter and is surrounded by a double ditch. It contains sever
bungalows which are occupied by the Officers of the Regiment ; it also contains the treasury
military hospital, magazine, mess-house, and post office.
The military and police lines are built on the south-east slope of a hill, on the top
of which stands the quarter guard. The position of the quarter guard is about a thousand yard
N. E. by E. of the Collector's "kutcherry," and about 650 yards south of the centre of the
fort. The huts are in a most dilapidated state, one or more tumble down every day.
The bazaar or native town occupies the ground to the east of the lines and fort, and is the
lowest part of Dharwar. Besides the town of Dharwar proper, other villages extend along
a parallel line with the fort and civil station at a distance of from a quarter of a mile to
a mile to the north of them. The civil hospital and jail are situated close together at the
extreme north-west corner of the civil station. The jail occupies a conspicuous position on
slightly elevated slope, the portion of the jail in which the prisoners are kept is surrounded
by a high wall. It is in shape square, or nearly so, and has the main entrance and guard room
on the centre of the north face. Above the guard room are the jailor's quarters, which comman
a view of the whole of the jail. Outside the building just described, are the sheds and h
ouse in which the prisoners work, and also a large garden ; the whole is surrounded by a strong
fence of prickly pear, a deep ditch, and a dry stone wall for some distance.
Water is supplied to Dharwar partly by wells and partly by tanks, into which water
brought from the surrounding high ground by open drains or " calwas." The well water
by far the best. On analysis of the well and tank water, I have found one well contain only 0.8
grains of organic matter to the gallon, several others under 2 grains per gallon ; but the we
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