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free from holes and be fastened to the top of the 

 barrel with strong wire. The twisted portion of 

 the wire must be so sealed that it cannot be 

 unfastened or replaced without the fact being 

 easily detected. Although this method of control 

 is often not satisfactory, it may sometimes be 

 helpful. It is rapidly installed, inexpensive, and 

 may serve temporary purposes. 



At first the natives took off the covers, and did 

 not replace them properly. When taken to task 

 about this, they professed a desire to clean the 

 barrels. Observation proved that before the 

 barrels had been covered they had seldom been 

 washed out ; then it appeared that the people were 

 so accustomed to dipping out the water, they did 

 not want to use the spigots. This practice was 

 soon stopped. 



When the sanitary work was started, the houses 

 in the villages were mostly surrounded by jungles 

 or high grass. All bottles, cans, and other poten- 

 tial water containers and rubbish were thrown out 

 of doors, and hidden by the vegetation. It was 

 therefore necessary to do much clearing of vege- 

 tation and collecting of water containers. Within 

 a week or two after this work was completed 

 the grass was high again. Much effort was 

 required to make tenants place useless water 



