Show SNAKES KILL MANY reptiles m india cause more deaths than any animal algera claim victims leobarda Leo parda and wolves slay other aal mal ravages of plague are checked calcutta aver lives the toll 0 the jangle and forest in india for a single year these figures of sudden death aro net out coldly in tabular torn la the blue book just issued which deals with the statistics 0 the indian empire under tha heading number at persons and cattle killed in british india by wild animals and shakea the hat goes into details thus we gaarn that in the year under review i no fewer than people ell ald i urns to tigers to leopards while wolves claimed as their prey other animals hilled but the ravages of the man cater were as nothing compared to those of the denako tor the poisoned fangs of the latter put an end to lives to cattle were by far the most destructive their kill was head 0 o a total of tigers claimed aa their quarry and wolves about snakes it would ee bin are far less fatal to cattle than to for during the ye artney only killed loopo a arnall proportion odthe total but the war waa not one sided seventeen thousand nine hundred and alx of the denizens of the jun fell before the rifle and gun and snakes roughly tour tor every person killed were destroyed bounties for their destruction amounted to the total population la nearly according to the 1901 cen susand they inhabit houses two thirds of the inhabitants are hindus edans and but christiana the average indian does not indulge in overmuch letter writing altogether tha post office dealt with lettera post cards and parcels ran av of about three per bead 0 tho population but this seems less curious when if la remembered that all but of andias indias people are described aa illiterate theao latter figures explain too how letter writing may be a lucrative employment very interesting in the light of recent sedition trails ara soma of tho crime statistics thus offenses cs against the elate and public tranquil allty were reported and conslo r tlona political and others numbered 2884 with convictions vict ions As might perhaps be expected in a land so densely populated as india physical and mental infirmity la by no means rare and altogether tha total population afflicted la lepers male and female numbered blind over and deaf mutes about the insane population was about one of the greatest campaigns engaged in india Is that against plague but despite vaccination and all the re of modem knowledge the mortality remains terribly heavy thus in 1908 plague claimed victims high figure but one that pales into insignificance before tho total of in 1907 the death roll for the last 11 years was some remarkable figures occur under the heading principal specified occupations pat ions thus we find that persona were engaged in battering and shampooing the others clothes were washed by men and about women nor are the indian masses left un amused actors singers dancers bandmasters band masters players etc numbered about one for every thousand four of these are men for every woman ariesta and others engaged in religion numbered and sweetmeat malara and bellers but perhaps the most amazing entry under this head of occupations Is mendicants Mendi cants the begging profession had exponents and the total supported by begging waa over |