, 1879-02-16

properties than pile Of stones would have
With 10000 bodies rotting underneath It th
stencil was nearly insupportable. I stood it TO
fire minutes before turned away, sick Ut hear
and stomach from the terrible sight. What
saw was this: A series Of pits or trenches
Of corpses, not .cIeanly clad bodies, Will
folded hands and closed eyes, resting
| peacefully in polished coflius; the death
horror Is all taken away from these. saw
hideous, filthy masses Of sores, with the staring
] wlue-open eyes full OF sand, the limbs twisted
the face nodded to q curse under its mask oi
sores. There was no covering but the dirty
rags they died IN. Meu, women, and children
we're 1ndscrimtnate|y thrown 1nto these holes
anu partially covered with sand.
s1CKEN1NG PICTURES.
Here is a taoIcau. 4 great opeu field with
thousands Of mounds in ft-trenches that had
been filled In. Ascorc of men digging new
pits. a procession Of bodies coming In, some on
litters, oftener tied to pole between Two men.
ttall-naked bodies with the horrible whitc sores
on them. Child corpses on trays, carried on
mems heads. Sometimes two or three bodies
tied together to pole, or rolled in q hammock.
VI course the stencil is worse In new trenches
close beside the old ones. Several cases Of
asphyxia have occurred among the workmen.
Men have actually fallen dead in the graves they
we're digging, as was recorded during the Lon
don pluguc. Walking back from the cemetery
to the city, counted ifty-two bodies going to
burial. This broad sand beach in front Of For
morning till night a stream Of corpses is passing
along here. l never went to tho beach without
seeing four or five. While 1 took my morning
bath IN the surf a score would pass me. There
are two or three small-pox hospitals; but OF
course they were ovcrilowing during the cpl
deu'ic. The one I visited was close BY the ceme-
terv. Every cot was full, and Us fast MS one
was vacated it was taken up BY new patient.
In many c1ses they did not even wash the cot,
and believed that many deaths were caused
tackled was placed on q cot where one had re-
GENTLY died OF some aggravated form Of the
disease.
. wRErcHED HovE1s.
The flies were swarmng about here by mill
ions. think these insects had much to do With
tue propagation OF smallpox. passing as they do
iton3 n3 ho1Se @ 10 nousc anu nsntins on lace and
'''1 nanuS. IL LOU must noe suppoSe tnat all inc
smu!l-po1 patacnts were eathered IN these hos,
m p'aia nor may to,,na y, te M ice. 9Ils, anu
~ ~ AllnpSt every ole louna the ureau asease;
some cases l ,s saw we're horrible enough: |
stvppeu ~ !1 oue uu.' IVY VI :afec 1s4es nut ol
M.o"n, M snu uMny lroh t,'e laaln Ionus. 1t was
me nefest sielseF, uaae VI 1ougns ana paltn-
!easgs' 10 moor, u course, anu no furniture he-
soIlu ulsty lia:h1noGh, maj, alld Two or tnrce
spoke, @ lookeu up arGwsHs, row one was suffering
baby III the hammock was tossing with the tever
also. - Hssig glri On the mat nao Inc Wntte
sores Just breaking out on :, her lace. boy on
tlss6, with the blood oo,zing from ali parts
OIL me oooV. he could not have lived
an hour ionger+> AND yet there was no
one 70 give cup o1 wafer to this
SICK >amiy. 1t was SO IN many cases. People
them helpless, aud there was no one to mid
thcm. -, ne refugees seemed indifferent to their
iate. lMcy laugncu even 70 see some distorted
oouy. lhey camoleo lor tnclf @ ratlons. often
saw them At this sport. Inc only sign OF tear
l observed vas ~ the fcpugnance which the
1nen 6no"cu lor nospltal any cemetery ecFVlcc.
.,,ras m"s }tn de.d :atai ~ Lii nun E.ase
inz5 bv c3rns Of searchcrs. - 4 fixed snm was
paid, I believe, for each body,
I,.sp,sr ,rpopn, ,,c@ r,,-
1f snst.. W. 49,. ~ -, :. Eo..a,.Hs .An .,
- nta!rs were oau IN forta'eza, 1iley
Iascs arouna II: FROM 1ts centre III
tie sap1ea' 'Ae cploenl'c spleau III jill ulree-
tlons.
~ Iocatnea y ea "ttn populatlon felu9ees ln-
e1nnuea) ~ o. a2u tle aeatn-rate went as 2lsh as
IL per aay-51 per cent o. the w!lolc: IN ths
M a'lu ~ esefs one ioun tsos oue ~ "'e sanaIl,
poA casts. AZ u !rlenus aou5e Huerc sto1pea
tne servants haa seaos SUI on .nels !aces:
~ Inluren, lsently attas"eu' we're craving aoout
oAe il'a1 1uu /" -.ouI H. "olhIhen. 9eve'teen
OF thcse dleu ~ lofEy.!ve Gays, ana anntner
vas slck "nca 1eit: Auothcr nau niue c1erks.
2iA ,?l OIL thc't'. olcu Mdtn'n Ioor MeeAs- ran,i
ilcs OF ten ulcu one ai,cr anothef
1n1n none were lelt' cases we're
co1nmon "hete only Two or thrce
@ [en!a'1leo guy " aiatgc e'Ics. anu tEis, you
nuse renlenoe!, "as all1otS LUZ 'lcnc5 elass' US
sell as amone 1!1e poorcI, tnousll, no uouott tue
noftallts Nas gIea.er ~! WIN lhc Ic1usees. Alohg
.nr,,on ,,ae of,an ror. ,-ra",. hy+ +h o,,;
,ecr NIr Nossin0 had intro1,,crd a ecmi. |
military system. The peoDle lived in decent |
1onses. and Inc sick we're ririlIy srncrated from
he wall e@@
"na1 'A'o1sAt1oS a1'nt NAVE DUNE.
believe tnat tue epidemic itself might have |
3ecn preTented bT Faccinatlon ana tue |
:oumongst hyg1cnlc rules. What can be
iouc! 1 vas at batu1tc, 4 beautiful |
'lllaee ABOUT sevcnty-hVe miles from
tUrtafeza. There were some 15,uoV rctugees I
here. They lived In decent barracks, had food
:nough and to spare, and we're clothed or the
Government: The labor system had been IN use
Ill along. Vaccination vas enforced and small
'ox had hardly been felt there up to January,
-53 Out OF the 1o,oo3, during my visit, the
n 1rtal'ty ran no higher than live per day,-a
rery low rase wien 1t Is considered that people
vtre still corning ID III starving state. Ihe
rood condition OF affairs at baturite is almost