CHAPTER XI. 



Namau as a SanitaHuw. Its Mikl and Geiurally Salubrious Climate.. Its 

 Freedom from Cold Waves of Air, and Cold Currents of Water. Its Vulner- 

 able Po.'nis. No Absorbing and Filtering Sands. Impurities Endangering 

 it< Water Supply, and Poisoning the Air. A High Degree of Ileeit in the 

 Si/ji. Di.'ie^xses upon the Islands. Small but Crowded Human Ant Hills. 

 The Tellow Fever in Nassau in 1880. The Pestilence in other Neighboring 

 Cities at Other Times. The A ngel of Health. Rides Ufon Hurricanes. CUans- 

 ing the City. Constant Vigilaice. and Activity of Nassau's Board of Health 

 Essential to its Safety. Who may Hope for Relief and Cure in Nassau. Not 

 the Best Place in which either to be very Sick or to Die. Frost a Factor in the 

 Problem of Civilization. Human Development and Progress Dependent upon 

 Ice. Sea Bathing all Winter. 



" Tlie breath of a celestial clime, 

 As if from heaven's wide open gates did flow 

 Health and refreshment on the world below." — Bbtant. 



If Nassau has any great value to the American people, it is as 

 a health resort. It is claimed to be the *' Great Sanitarium of the 

 Western World." Much that is written and published upon this 

 subject is ins|)ired by personal interest, and in such cases a one- 

 sided and warped presentation of the facts of the case is a natural 

 consequence. Many conGdently express crude opinions, hastily 

 formed, and bottomed upon a few ill-disrested surface facts, and 

 thus act the part of bliiul leaders of the l)lind. AVe have strongly 

 felt the great responsibility which rests upon those who volunteer 

 their advice or opinion in matters so important. 



It is not without a good deal of hesitation that we publish the 

 result of our diagnosis of. the Bahamas. We made the best of 



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