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  kind 
  of 
  poison 
  itself 
  used 
  does 
  not 
  matter 
  so 
  much 
  as 
  co-operation 
  and 
  

   organization 
  to 
  ensure 
  that 
  tJie 
  vork 
  should 
  he 
  done 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  over 
  large 
  

   areas 
  . 
  

  

  Did 
  you 
  try 
  Petrol 
  as 
  a 
  fumigant 
  for 
  the 
  rats 
  in 
  their 
  holes 
  ? 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher. 
  

  

  No. 
  Mr. 
  Hem 
  Singh 
  

  

  Pruthi. 
  

  

  Poison 
  baits 
  must 
  be 
  very 
  dangerous. 
  In 
  Bihar 
  people 
  generally 
  Mr. 
  Inglis. 
  

   dig 
  out 
  rat 
  burrows 
  for 
  grain, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  poison 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  down 
  in 
  

   the 
  midst 
  of 
  stored 
  grain 
  evil 
  results 
  on 
  eating 
  it 
  might 
  occur. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Punjab 
  the 
  cultivators 
  are 
  more 
  civilized 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  do 
  these 
  ^^' 
  ^^sain. 
  

   things. 
  

  

  How 
  do 
  you 
  use 
  Carbon 
  bisuljjhide 
  ? 
  ^^- 
  Ghosh. 
  

  

  We 
  attach 
  a 
  rag 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  pole. 
  This 
  is 
  lighted 
  and 
  a 
  '^^- 
  Hem 
  Singh 
  

   man 
  standing 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  thrusts 
  the 
  lighted 
  end 
  into 
  the 
  burrow 
  into 
  ^^ 
  ** 
  

   which 
  Carbon 
  bisulphide 
  had 
  been 
  poured 
  beforehand. 
  

  

  How 
  do 
  you 
  count 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  dead 
  rats 
  ? 
  Mr. 
  Ghosh. 
  

  

  That 
  information 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  this 
  paper. 
  Mr. 
  Hem 
  Singh 
  

  

  ° 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  Pnithi. 
  

  

  Do 
  you 
  get 
  any 
  rat-fleas 
  ? 
  The 
  Hon'ble 
  N. 
  C. 
  Rothschild 
  will 
  be 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher, 
  

   glad 
  to 
  see 
  any 
  specimens 
  of 
  Indian 
  rat-fleas. 
  The 
  exact 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  various 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  uncertain 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  matter 
  is 
  important 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  their 
  connection 
  with 
  plague. 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  rat-worker 
  comes 
  across 
  cases 
  of 
  Myiasis 
  in 
  his 
  material 
  I 
  Mr. 
  Ballard. 
  

   should 
  be 
  glad 
  if 
  they 
  would 
  send 
  them 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  N 
  

  

  