I'm not quarreling with your figures; I'm just not sure they support your conclusion.

[…]and often after they drop off the punctured skins are the seats of maggots, etc., owing to flies blowing on these injuries.

The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses.

But I want to see the altar-cloth, which must, I think, be getting into a bad condition.