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trated by many inlets and creeks, most of these are 

 filled with salt water, of which the exhalations are less 

 harmful. From the experience so far, the winter, on 

 account of sudden and violent north-west winds and 

 consequent catarrhal and inflammatory diseases, is the 

 most sickly season. 



From Dr. Yates, the Provincial Secretary, I heard 

 that the year before there died here a man with all 

 the symptoms of hydrophobia, who had been bitten by 

 a mad dog. 



