| Show plague spread by monkeys Dron troys A private letter from a high medical official in india gives an amazing explanation of 0 the perpetuation of the bubonic plague in that country ha H says it has been contracted by tha th monkeys which infest sacred edif edifices icea in the principal cities of the bengal presidency these animals are held sacred by the natives and it is impossible for sanitary authorities to take taka any measures to deal with the plague among them the only effectual plan would be to exterminate them which could be easily done as they are almost tanie tame but such a proceeding would probably provoke a massacre of europeans in retaliation at agra recently a conference of the principal native priests was summoned to consider with the medical authorities what should be done to stamp out the plague among the monkeys but the priests getting wind of the object of 0 the meeting declined to attend it the mere suggestion of the british laying their profane hands on the sacred monkeys even in the way of kindness aroused all the fanaticism of the tha oriental chr character acter and has further intensified the disaffection which is is universal throughout the indian empire |
