exterminated by the capture of a few dozen of the creatures in

the infested districts, their inoculation with the virus similar

to the murus tiphi, tuberculosis or any other contagious-germ

complaint to which the species treated was particularly

susceptible, and the release of these individuals when the

disease was seen to be taking hold. The rabbits and serpents

released at once returned to their old haunts, carrying the

plague far and wide. The unfortunate rabbits were greatly