Pennsylvania and New- Jersey. 5 



In another letter (dated April, 1749) to Collinson, 

 he writes as follows: " The sickness and mortality 

 in our country are still very grievous : a kind of 

 pleuritic fever mixed with the Yellow- Fever, or which 

 some call the Hungarian Fever, with black vomitings. 

 Men are chiefly afflicted, and few recover, either in 

 town or country. 



" Several natural causes are supposed to act in this 

 tragedy ; as heat and cold, moisture and dryness, sul- 

 phur and salt, and we know not what : for we have 

 had all these temperaments of the elements, ever since 

 I can remember. If I must ascribe it to any natural 

 cause, it must be to" * * * * * 



In another letter to Collinson (the date of which is 

 November 2d, 1746) he says, " The fall of this year 

 is the most sickly that ever was known, -since the 

 Europeans settled here. Scarcely a family has es- 

 caped in the country." 



II. A T otices of the Fevers of the city of Norfolk, in Vir- 

 ginia. In a letter from Dr. JamesTaylor,^ the 



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I RECOLLECT that about the year 1772 or 

 1773, a Bilious fever raged here, with a remarkable 

 putrid tendency, owing to a very hot and dry season, 

 and a moderate winter. It carried off several inhabi- 

 tants who did not make application in time, as the 

 putrid stage took place soon after the attack. The 



