swampy, clay soil, decomposition advances rapidly, as also when the
grave is shallow so the body can be exposed to constant variations of
temperature. A porous soil impregnated with animal and vegetable matter
favors putrefaction, as also burying a body without clothes or coffin;
this is especially seen where infants have been thrown into the ground
and loosely covered with earth.
CIRCUMSTANCES RETARDING PUTREFACTION.