^{page 448 note1} Our own census July 1909

^{page 449 note 1} On the abundance of animals see Appendix p. 478.

^{page 454 note 1} The Jains have strong religious scruples about taking the life of any animal: even parasitic insects such as bugs are carefully preserved and occasionally deliberately fed.

^{page 458 note 1} It may be worth noting in this connection that in proportion to their populations Belgaum (population 26,000, plague deaths 12,000) has suffered much more severely from human plague than Bombay (about 900,000, plague deaths 167,000).

^{page 466 note 1} Five fleas per rat however is enough to spread plague in Bombay.

^{page 469 note 1} Of the 130 rats which were found suffering from acute plague 18 had no discoverable buboes. Of the remaining 112, 88 had submaxillary buboes (78·5%), 10 had inguinal buboes (8·9%), 9 had axillary buboes (8%); 3 had pelvic buboes (2·6%), 1 a submaxillary and an axillary bubo, 1 a pelvic and an axillary bubo.