on popular superstitions and omens. There is also a short account of the Imperial Service Troops. Part 2 is devoted to an account of the state of public instruction and to the sanitary conditions of the States, as regards water-supply, drainage, roads, railways, &c. Part 3 gives descriptions of the principal fairs, a history of previous famines, &c. In Part 4 we find descriptions of the food su...

used to be previously. At the present time cholera is a problem of the villages. Our present methods of dealing with cholera are of the suppressive rather than preventive type. Any organization for the control of the disease is put into action after an epidemic of cholera has already started; this can never be successful. On the other hand if we can ensure the safety of drinking water in the vi...