The passage discusses reading and how waterfront communities downstream may be susceptible to illness from communities upstream. It states that the word "epidemics" at the end is closest in meaning to "plagues", referring to widespread outbreaks of infectious disease that can spread between communities through waterways.
The passage discusses reading and how waterfront communities downstream may be susceptible to illness from communities upstream. It states that the word "epidemics" at the end is closest in meaning to "plagues", referring to widespread outbreaks of infectious disease that can spread between communities through waterways.
The passage discusses reading and how waterfront communities downstream may be susceptible to illness from communities upstream. It states that the word "epidemics" at the end is closest in meaning to "plagues", referring to widespread outbreaks of infectious disease that can spread between communities through waterways.
The passage discusses reading and how waterfront communities downstream may be susceptible to illness from communities upstream. It states that the word "epidemics" at the end is closest in meaning to "plagues", referring to widespread outbreaks of infectious disease that can spread between communities through waterways.