. The sanitation of a country house. PiQ_ j^—An Ixexpexsive axd Sanitary Method for Col-lecting Fig. 15.—The Sanitary Arrangements for a Temporary Camp. The Summer Camp. 97 an arrangement, hidden by a clumpof bushes, covered frequently withearth, and not placed near a water-course, is perfectly satisfactory froma sanitary point of view. If eventhis is too much trouble, there yetremains the method of Moses, whichhas stood the test of some three thou-sand years, and can still be recom-mended: And thou shalt have a pad-dle upon thy weapon; and it shall be,when thou wilt ease thyself
. The sanitation of a country house. PiQ_ j^—An Ixexpexsive axd Sanitary Method for Col-lecting Fig. 15.—The Sanitary Arrangements for a Temporary Camp. The Summer Camp. 97 an arrangement, hidden by a clumpof bushes, covered frequently withearth, and not placed near a water-course, is perfectly satisfactory froma sanitary point of view. If eventhis is too much trouble, there yetremains the method of Moses, whichhas stood the test of some three thou-sand years, and can still be recom-mended: And thou shalt have a pad-dle upon thy weapon; and it shall be,when thou wilt ease thyself abroad,thou shalt dig therewith, and shaltturn back and cover that which comethfrom thee (Deut. xxiii. 13). For the water-supply of a temporarycamp all the rules hold good that werelaid down for other is one additional point, how-ever, that is worth mentioning. Ifthe circumstance should arise when one 98 Sanitation of a Country House. must use the water from some sus-picious stream, it is well to practicethe plan used by the natives of India,who dig little holes in the sand of the
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