376 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



In all the month of September^ and in 

 the greateft part of OSioher, the wind was 

 eafterly. 



The depth of the rain in Auguji, Sep^ 

 temher and OSiober refpecftively, was 6.881, 

 7.442 and 5.550 inches; which, tho' it ex- 

 ceeded the rain of thefe three months taken 

 together at a medium, from the ten pre-^ 

 ceeding years, by 5.570 inches, yet it was 

 inferior to that which fell in the fame 

 months in feveral other years ; for in the 

 years 1747, 50, 51 and 52, there fell refpe- 

 dtively, in thofe three months of thefe years, 

 above 21, 22, 24 and 26 inches of rain. 



V. For a day or two before the attack of 

 the fever, people in general complained of a 

 headach, pain Jn the loins and extremities, 

 efpecially in the knees and calves of the legs, 

 lofs of appetite, debility and a fpontaneous 

 laffitude. 



Some however were feized fuddenly, with- 

 any fuch previous fymptoms. 



VI. After a chillnefs and horror, with 

 which this difeafe generally invades, a fever 

 fucceeded, in which, 



I. The pulfe was very frequent till near 

 the termination of the fever, and was gene- 

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