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and clear, mentally, and more esi^ecially as, strange to say, she 

 had a small memorandum made at he time. I enclose it in lines. 

 It justifies my doubt of the correctness of the 800, as it seems 

 there were little over half that number onboard, and it corrobor- 

 ates the lar,e:e number of deaths. After goinj? on the Island she 

 was quarantined for twenty-one days. Her brother. Dr. Vondy. 

 was unconscious when she arrived, and did not last long, but died 

 and was buried as in Dee's statement. She speaks of a good many 

 abuses that were complained of such as approjiriation of the pas- 

 sengers' money, &c.. which need not be mentioned now. as no 

 good would he gained thereby. 



MRS. CHARLES HAWBOLT'S STATEMENT 



"I went to the Island to nurse my brother. Dr. Vondy, who was 

 ill with the fever. He was unconscious when I arrived. We 

 were at the southwest part of the Island. I still have a memoran- 

 dum made at the time in my ]iossession. It is this : 



June 3rd 1847 The bark Loostock arrived. 

 Left Liverpool with 467 i)assengers. 

 117 died on the passage. 



I do not know how many died afterwards. The captain's name 

 was Thayne, of St. John, N. B. The Loostook's passengers were 

 i't fish sheds on the northeast corner of the Island. The vessel 

 was overcrowded, and the passengers were crowded down in the 

 hold like cattle. There was not one ])erson entirely well in all that 

 number when they landed. I was not allowed to leave the Island 

 for twenty-one days. The passengers of the Richard White (bar- 

 fiuentine, I think) were put in tents over near ours on the south- 

 west part of the Island. I do not know what disease they had. 

 Drs. Key and Thompson attended the sick. There was much 

 mismanagement and dishonesty charged against those in attend- 

 ance. The patients were cheated and badly fed and cared for. 

 Tliey were a superior class of persons, and had considerable money 

 on them, all in gold. When they sent to town for the smallest 

 article they got no change back.'" 



