I regret to add, however, that the bubonic plague, which in recent years has made Buch havoc farther South, has appeared in parts of Futsinghsien. In one. village about forty deaths are reported from this cause, and lesser numbers in other places. There is reason to fear that this epidemic will continue to spread throughout Fukien and into adjoining provinces. The filthy condition of most Chinese cities and smaller towns invites the " pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that waste th at noon-day."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.