Show of 09 henar ards the nave mac itzea the th to III spread lu in india tho the place where the plague jigs 1 beai disseminated among the ot of india la Is the sacred city of benares on 03 the ganges the pilgrims proceed ta benares to the number 0 of or more there they stay without proper food or shelter and live under condl bons that know neither hygiene nor sanitation the result is an accumulation of unspeakable filth and an fa exhaustible collection of all the disease germs under the sun the ell mete mate Is a good one only for disease germs some natives bring theDIa the plague gut germs here where they can work un jer ier tho tha most favorable conditions and other nati natives vels carry them away so that they art aro throughout the length and breadth of jhb land the pilgrims all bathe in tho the ganges which Is muddy sluggish aad already polluted by millions ot ol jpe opla who live along its ita banks tte tta abarm in hero here and male make the sacred river a great dewar me hindus are ara a curious illustration ut of the tact fact that one may who bh frequently frequent Lf without being dean clean it to is a part of their religion to bathe frequently but they beem to have no desire whatever for clean water thousands of the them bathe together in tanks tanka of stagnant water strange scenes of frenzy and an d may be witnessed when the th joll pilgrims grims are engaged in fix their plague exercises it would cause ft a rebellion rabel lloa worse than the indian muncy it tho the british government were to attempt to suppress these pilgrim pilgrimage ageg chicalo chicago amerlean Amerl cAn |