128 ORIENTAL PLAGUE chap.v 



That the rat is highly susceptible to plague, more 

 susceptible than the human being, seems a generally 

 accepted fact, and this would accord with the views above 

 expressed, viz. that while the rat is fatally amenable to 

 both types of plague, the human being is less susceptible 

 to type No. 2 (the rat type) than to type No. 1 (the 

 human type). 



