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definite proofs being forthcoming he had been released but deprived of his command.  Vera Cruz is a centre for Yellow Fever each year & the sluggish currents of sewage along the sea front & the dumping of quantities of garbage all about the edges of the city must help this very much.  The garbage cart travels about during the day taking the contents of boxes set in front of houses & is accompanied by from one to three dozen blk-headed buzzards which ride in the cart or hop along the pavement a grotesque crew.

This is the main port of Mexico &