333 considerable distance away from the barracks. The conservancy establishment is on a most liberal scale, and nothing can exceed the cleanliness of all stations where European troops are quartered. With ninety superficial feet of barrack space per man, and barracks amply ventilated, it is impossible to refer the fever to overcrowding. Dr. Bryden, it is true, is of opinion "that the disease is not due to any local cause whatever."* He attributes it to the influence of beat on the nervous system of young unacolima-