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only because it is so true. Nothing but truth will 

 stand hacking-. "A lie has no leg's," says the 

 proverb. 



I have not seen how the authorities g-ot over the 

 manure bung-le. They must have got over it in 

 some way, for otherwise we should long" ag'o have 

 heard of a pestilence in London. Whereas I have 

 only seen the account of one death in consequence 

 of it. Most likely a new Order had to be issued, 

 somewhat to the following 1 effect. 



Whereas doubts have arisen about the construc- 

 tion of the present Order, relative to the removal of 

 manure from London, the Lords of Her Majesty's 

 Privy Council do hereby order, that 



" Whenever and wherever the accumulation of 

 u manure in any part of the Metropolis becomes such, 

 "that either the disposal of it is accompanied with 

 " inconvenience, or a pestilence becomes probable 

 " amongst the inhabitants of the said district, in con- 

 " sequence of such accumulation, or (even though no 

 "such probability of pestilence should exist), the 

 " nuisance becomes intolerable to such inhabitants ; 

 " the local authorities shall have power to cause 

 " holes to be excavated in some contiguous park, or 

 " square, or garden, or in such otherwise unoccupied 

 " piece of ground as the local authorities shall con- 

 " sider most suitable for the effectual burial and 

 "disposal of such manure; and into these holes the 

 " local authorities shall cause all such manure to be 

 "introduced either with spades or shovels, or such 



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