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A GUIDE TO THE MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF DRINKING WATERLONDOK: BDWABDSiTILt,, AND CHAKD03CO., PBINTEES, STEBET COVENT OABDEW.TO SIR ALEXANDER F.R.S.ARMSTRONG, K.C.B., LLD., ETC. ETCl ETC. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THB NAVY, THEWHOSE NAME IS ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CULTIVATION OP THE SCIENCE OF HYGIENE IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVAL SERVICE, WITH FEELINGS OF RESPECT AND ESTEEM, BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.