that it is from Cuba that this unwelcome visitor makes its yearly call
on us.

The doctor declares that the sanitary conditions in Cuba are dreadful.
He says that nothing is done to keep the cities clean or healthy. The
drainage in Havana is of the worst possible description, and in times of
epidemic no attempt is made to prevent the spread of disease.

There is such constant communication between Cuba and the United States
that our Government has been obliged to keep three health officers in
the island to report on the state of things and enforce quarantine
regulations when necessary.

Yellow fever breaks out regularly every year in Cuba, and the doctor
declares that it would be an excellent thing for us if the Cubans were
allowed to purchase their freedom under our protection, as we might then
be able to induce them to put their country in a properly healthy
condition, and save ourselves the trouble and cost of yellow-fever
epidemics.

* * * * *

Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek minister who has been sent to Turkey to
arrange the peace, has arrived in Constantinople, but, if all reports
are true, he has not been received with the respect that he considered
his due.

Some little annoyance at the custom-house put him so terribly out of
temper that he was on the point of turning back and refusing to enter
into any negotiations with Turkey at all. He was, however, pacified, and