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Mr. C. T. Hermann on the number of [March 



Among the clergy, in two years, at Moscow, the propor- 

 tion is 1J to . . . . 6,853 Riazan, 1 to . . 6,897 



Yaroslav, 1 to . . 3,664 Koursk, J to . . 7,035 



In the other six governments, among 40,307 persons, 

 there are no suicides among this class. 



It appears, therefore, that suicides happen most frequently 

 among the peasants of Moscow and Yaroslav, and more 

 rarely among those of Orel and Kostroma. The free agri- 

 cultural labourers belonging to the third class are very 

 numerous in Koursk, Orel, and Riazan. < 



The nature of the death is interesting in relation to the 

 manners : 



The cases from drunkenness occurred in the governments 

 in the following proportions : 



The cases of premeditated suicide are most frequent among 

 the peasants and soldiers, and are performed by hanging, and 

 occur most numerously in Moscow, Koursk, and Orel, 

 being rare in Yaroslav and Vladimir, and almost unknown 

 in Kostroma. The species of death by violence among the 

 nobles, and sometimes among the soldiers, is bruler la cervelle. 

 At Moscow a magistrate and a student died in this manner. 

 * Literally, burning or searing the brain. 



