Eeport of Lucases. 



[Aug. I , 



tVi.T pnwcr, nioulJ the Montenegrins, as 

 Turkilh fulijedls, continue to give any aflive 

 airabnce in maintaining pofledion o/ the Cat- 

 taro." 



WEST INDIES. 



The American Papers, rerei ved to 

 the 11th ult. contain, with refpcct to the 

 expctlilif)ii of Clencral ^.linintUi, fo nuiny 

 iin])ro!;aliililics and iiiconlillcncies, tliat 

 we iirp not without liopes they may prove 

 wh')lly iinFoundcd. One account attri- 

 butes the (hfrovery of the phm to tiie tir 

 inidiry of his brotlier. Miranda, on his 

 arrival off Barcelona, is faid to have 

 written a letter to his hrotlier on fliore, 

 acrpiainting hiin with his intention, and 

 advitini; him, his mother, and fifter, to 

 retire info the interior, a\id to take with 

 them the moft vahiahlc of tlioir propert)'. 

 His brother was alarmed ; and, left he 

 fl'.oiild be fiif])e<'^ted of bein;j; concerned 

 in tlie oiiterprize, he communicated the 

 contents of the letter to the Governor- 

 Cpiieral of theC'arraccas. This account 

 fcems to liiive been fabricated in the 

 United States. 



Tt is well known tluit INTiranda prorced- 

 ed from .Facniel to the little illand of .Aru- 

 ba, fituatcfl a fmall rlifiancc to the lee- 

 warri of C'urafoa ; he left it about the 

 lOth of April, with the Leandcraiul his 

 two fchoonrrs, and was attempting a 

 landini; towards the province of Coro, 

 when his little fquadron fell in with two 

 Siianifli privateers, one; of f(jurtcen and 

 the other of twelve i^uns, fitted out at La» 

 g>iira by the Government of Caraccas. 

 The Leander, after attemptinL' to enciiirc 

 the ftouteft, fuddenly withdrew from flie 

 contert, crowded fail, and efcapcd ; the 

 li^hooners were left to tl'.tir own fate, and 

 after a (rilhnj: refilianec firuck to the 

 fmaJIell of tl.'e Spaaiih privateers. T"'o 

 youna: Spaniards, who were on board of 

 the fchooners, anticipatins their fnte, 

 threw themfelves overbotird and were 

 drowned ; the remainder were taken and 

 carried into Porto Cavello, where tl.ey 

 were lodged in jail ; fonie of the leadin;; 

 men, youni: Smith amonc them, were 

 immediately ordered up to the Carracc;t!i. 



REPORT OF DISEASES, 



Jn the public and private PmUke of one of the Vhyftciuns of the Finjburi/ Difpotfuri^, 



From the 20th of June to the 20th of Jidij. 



J^IARRHCEA 23 attack; and if no eflicacious method be 



C'''"'<:''» li in due time employed to check its ad- 



Dyfcntcna 2 vanctmcut, or to mitigate the exhaufting 



^ '"y'p • 8 violence of its fymptoms, the cliuncc is 



bcrophula 4 conliderai)!e that in two or three days a 



Amenorrlicca lb i • ■ i ■ i ., , 



Ml . decided cholera will iirot uee an entire 



enonhairia 1 , . , , . ' . ,, , . 



r.„^„__i,,,, c, and irreco\erable extinction of the leii- 



i.eucorri aa .....,...,--.--......- i r • \ .nii i \- ly 



Hyfterica 3 "'rial power. Alkoliol, hi the earheit 



Epilepfia 1 Ibij^c of this difeufe, whether it be given 



Hypochondriafis et Dyfpepfia 13 in its pure and ingenuous form, or under 



Aaaljica et Afcites 7 the dil^uife of an oiUeinal preparation, is 



Moibi Cu tant i 1-2 a prilcriptioii, althoui;h by no inean^ 



Jlorhi Inf.intl!cs li coiiiiiud to the un))roteHioiial, which i^ 



Diforders of the injinacii and bowels fnuisiht with an extreme degree of injury 



Jiave been, rather prematurely, preialeut and peril ; both as, by thi^ means, are 



durui^ the |>aft month. They feldoin be^ eheekcil priimaturt'y x\\o!i^ evacuations 



gin to fprcad themfelves fo exteiifncly which, to a limited txlent, feein neeef- 



imtil tlie nearer approaeii of the autumn- fary, in oilier to purify and exoiiorate the 



alfcafoii. When bilious vomiting acconi- bouels from the ipuiulity of culi'.i^it'S 



panics an undue degree I'f inteliiiial re- with which (hey are polluted and op- 



iaxation, it eonl'titutes, in combination prciretl; and likewifc, becaufe fu abrupt 



with it, a difealb furniid-.ible from its ant) unfeafonablo an interruption of a I'a- 



comnienceinent, and whicii ot'teii, with lulary and leltorative (liljhar:-e involves, 



an alarminc; rapidity, rulhes thi'i)Ui;!i the iinmiueiit riil; of indueiug tliofe intlam- 



diifcrcnt ibi'ie.s of it.s pro;;rLTs towards an mations of the fioraach, or other vifecra, 



inevitably f.ttal termination. It is a thing whiqh cojiftitule, from the niectv requir- 



by no means rare, that a patient lliould ed in their management, and th^ necel- 



die in iwebe or li.x hours uUcr the tirit hry to ijfe of the organs wliich they at- 

 tack, 



