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who are in want of strong arms and 

 steady nerves, at wages which are com- 

 paratively high, and, in spite of higher 

 rents and more extravagant rations, Hfc 

 swings merrily along, and he is gradually 

 drawn into the vortex by which so many 

 fine fellows are overwhelmed. His robust 

 constitution, however, his frugal training, 

 and his native air have served him well, 

 and he survives to marry and to settle in 

 one of those dismal, gardenless terraces, 

 involving a costly addition to his rent. 

 Gradually he sinks into the usual type of 

 overworked, unhealthy-looking town em- 

 ployee, struggling to rear a still more un- 

 healthy family, with the result that one more 

 group of human beings is added by the 

 countryside to the still swelling town popula- 

 tion, with its submerged tenth, its hospitals, 

 and its workhouses. This is how human 

 life — the very pith and marrow of our man- 

 hood — is being used up. 



What will be the outcome of the Small 

 Holdings movement? Among the results we 

 look for are the following : — 



(1) The repopulation of the country dis- 

 tricts. 



(2) The improvement of the health and 



