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Excitements of Fish. The deposit formed 

 at the bottom of well stocked fish ponds, is 

 an excellent manure, and according to Gas- 

 parin, produces remarkable results. 



Human Excrements. These constitute 

 one of the most energetic manures. They 

 may be applied fresh from the privies, as 

 Is done around Grenoble, Lyons and Tus- 

 cany. To facilitate their more uniform dis- 

 tribution over the surface of the land, they 

 are thinned with water. In China these fae- 

 cal matters are carefully collected In mains, 

 running the length of the principal streets and 

 distributed into reservoirs, to be diluted with 

 water previous to application to the plants. 

 The Chinese sometimes also knead them with 

 clay to form them Into bricks, which when 

 dried and pulverized are spread over the fields. 

 In Paris the faecal matters are converted into 

 poudrette. 



Poudrette. The ordure of Paris is trans- 

 ported to Montfaucon and emptied Into a 

 graduated series of large reservoirs ; the two 

 most elevated of these cisterns serve alter- 

 nately as the receptacles for the nightly col- 

 lections of the contents of the privies. When 

 one of the basins is full, the more liquid su- 



