Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-07-14
MONDAY, jury "A, 1900.

cred with gaping Glh, and putrefcent vegetables.
Hence powerful fun draws I'D an 1ncegant
team Of noiiome and penilential vapours.
Formerly the city was every where in,err,er.
led by pools and gullies, whole Civilizations vrer.
equally peRiferons. Since The firm eRabfh.
ment Of their power, the Englih have done
much towards draining the boys and filing no
the pools and thus rendering their METROPOLIS
leis noxious and ugly
Every fragment Of dead and refufe matter 4
thrown, by the natives, where accident or mo
mentary convenience may decide. Tbat which
Tome other nations have provided pits to hide. or
eIoaea 20 waih away, or men to tranfport TO a
dltanee, is here Rrewn upon the flrface
Necstlity has delved no holes,reared no Rruaures
and lad no hollow trunks. Her impulre IS
obeyed, without embarraTment or ceremony.
qobeH and g0brrs il is felt, whether il the middle
OF itreet or the corner of kitchen. Where
ever iuch matters are dropped, they are inre
TO remain Till crumbled to dur By the fun. or
wathed away by food.
In Ike manner, whatever is pfaiers - ,he
cook, legs, feathers, and entrals. or whatever \.
neglected by the eater is cat into the CONT.
yard or the ftreet. To-day adds fomething 70
me heap OF yeiteiday; and, as nature deGroys
with tpeed by no means proportioued TO the
expedition Of the cook AMI the number Of con.
tuners, the hreets would, in time, become i'm
Pafiable were it not for the torrents which. AT
certain ieafons, impetuou1y defend and threat
en- TO carry away, not only the fragments Of
the kitchen and the fuperhoities of nature. but
even habitations and men.
Another circumRance of noxious and IN.
wholesome tendency, is not 70 be forgotten
The poor. whcfe number is great, have no Gem
etcry 70 receive their remains. From the bed
Ga which they die, they are dragged away and
'hfown into The river. The waters Of the Can
ges ere holy and this ~ by no means, regard.
ed as contemptuous or inhuman treatment.
Iheie bodies float upon the f1rface, or are iran.
ded On the fhore. Putrefa6tion makes rapid
Progrefs, and the jackails and vultures cannot
rake f-ch quick dfpatch with their prev. as
70 prevent the air from being continually re
pieniihed with deadly and loathfome efiuvia.
Aeitranger IS particularly fhocked by the fpsa
acle ot dheaied, putrid, or halfdevoured car
Gates which are conaantly to be met with near
the river
In fPite Of thefe accumulated caurss Of
di1eafe, the natives enjoy better health than the
foreigners, who bring to this fultry fhore, their
cloth garments. their meats, condiments, and
wines, and find here nothing but Incentives TO
PRIDE 10th, and voiuptuoulnefs. The natives
are armed By the force If habit, by the conf
tut,on received from their parents, By their veg.
etab'e diet and aqueous potat ons, by their nuf:
lin robes, and their active occupations. None
Of thele privileges are enjoyed by adventurers
from Europe, TO whom Gmplicity in food, and
drefs' and manual indutry. are badges Of lervi.
tude, and deemed ignominious and degrad-
ing
An authentic and amuGng picture Of the m1nners
ofthe Enghfh in Bengal scontaGed in A novel pubi(hed
ten or fifteen years iiIce, and called Hartley Horfe,