CHAPTER VII 



THE START 



ONE Monday morning should be chosen, and the 

 foreman ordered to take his brigade of men and 

 his oil-cart to a corner of that quarter of the town 

 decided upon. It should be done quietly, or a crowd 

 will be collected as a result of the advertisement. He 

 must take with him a copy of the survey map or a 

 sketch of the quarter in which he works, and on which 

 the houses are divided up into equal portions for 

 each day. He must place the oil-cart in a shady 

 place in the street or avenue where the work is to be 

 started. 



Taking one man with him and a bucketful of oil, 

 he enters the garden of the first house, and asks the 

 servant if there are many mosquitos in the house. 

 The servant goes in search of the mistress of the 

 establishment, who appears and demands the reason 

 of the visit. The foreman must explain his presence. 

 If the work has been properly advertised the mistress 

 or master of the house will be pleased to see him. 

 The foreman must say that he has come to look for 

 and to destroy mosquitos. If the people of the town 

 have been already warned of this visit, their curiosity 



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