I imagine it wouldn't have been too difficult to dig some temporary latrines for large public events, but don't have any evidence of that. And for those who are interested, a couple of related links (I make no claims on veracity): History of Public Toilets (India) http://www.plumbingworld.com/toilethistoryindia.html History of Public Restrooms in Urban America (p. 14) http://www.americanrestroom.org/us/portland/psu_gopubliccvr9.pdf --Eric Eric Johnson [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com