Sewers: ancient and modern; with an appendix . e air ; the higher the standard of public health, and the lowerthe death rate. We have succeeded a people, whose liveswere passed in a primitive manner, on this beautiful domain. 6!* sewers: ancient and modern. Lo, the poor Indian, erected his wigwam on our river banks,and here children engaged in healthful play ; young men andmaidens, in youthful pastimes, and old men met in wants were few and their ambitions limited. Firewater, and the enervating habits of a modern civilization, hadnot then been introduced. The pure air of Heaven s
Sewers: ancient and modern; with an appendix . e air ; the higher the standard of public health, and the lowerthe death rate. We have succeeded a people, whose liveswere passed in a primitive manner, on this beautiful domain. 6!* sewers: ancient and modern. Lo, the poor Indian, erected his wigwam on our river banks,and here children engaged in healthful play ; young men andmaidens, in youthful pastimes, and old men met in wants were few and their ambitions limited. Firewater, and the enervating habits of a modern civilization, hadnot then been introduced. The pure air of Heaven sur-rounded him; pure water from Owascos stream, or adjacentsprings, quenched his thirst, and simple food satisfied his hun-ger. Here he lived, in the enjoyment of a vigorous animal life. Malaria to him was unknown, and death when not usheredin by accident, or the tomahawk of an enemy, came by theslow approaches of old age, to transport him to the happyhunting grounds where, His faithful dog shall bear him com-pany. SEWERS: ANCIENT AND AN in his primitivestate paid little atten-tion to bis sanitarysurroundings. Hisanimal instinctsprompted him tomake his resting placewhen not engaged ina search for food, in adry and sheltered sit-uation ; and experi-ence would soon teachhim that such places, _^ were conducive to his physical comfort. If carried back in imagination to pre-his-toric times, we may see him, intellectually, but little above thebeasts of the field, his animal nature preponderating. In sucha state he would only be stimulated to activity, by the de-mands of hunger, and the necessity of guarding against theattacks of the enemies that surrounded him. Experience intime taught him, that the struggles of life would be relievedby association with other men, for mutual protection anddefense. This bringing together of numbers of the humanfamily, in clans or tribes, necessitated the selection of favora- 3 BBI SEWERS : ANCIENT AND MODERN. ble locations, for their home lif
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