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Almost every town or village in the kingdom has its roda dos expostos literally, a "wheel for exposed ones" where, upon the ringing of a bell, the children deposited in a turning-basket or wheel are passed into the interior of the establishment without inquiry. Although their term of stay is limited to a few weeks, less than one-half of them ever pass out of the establishment alive! Says Dr.