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quite as comfortable, and not more crowded than buildings occupied by the foreign laboring people in any cities. All the men were at work at good wages, several of them getting two dollars a day. The women if able to go out to work, could find good places at high wages, if not able to go out, having children to take care of, they got washing at from seventy five cents to a dollar a dozen. The most crowded house I found, contained twenty five persons, four men, during the day absent at work, six women, four of them wives of the men, and two, whose husbands were in the army, and fifteen children; the children were all small; any children over six years, can readily find a place, and make their living. This house contained two large rooms, the cooking being done out doors. Children and adults were healthy. The women all told me they had plenty to eat, were very comfortable and contented. I did not see a single case of suffering, or hear a complaint. The principal persons of the village informed me that they had never known a case of theft, or a single instance of begging. Instead of there being seven hundred and fifty, as represented, there were not two hundred of all ages and sexes... It may not