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places of America, this distemper was not known be- 

 fore the year 1729, and that it began among the crews 

 of the European vessels, which arrived there under 

 the command of D. D. Giustiniani." The History 

 of Mexico. By,Abbe D. Francesco Saverio Clavi- 

 gero. Vol. II. p. 340, 341, note. English transla- 

 tion. London : 1787. 



The Abbe boasts, that the plague (perhaps yellow- 

 fever) is altogether unknown in the New- World. 

 Vol. II. p. 340, 341. 



It is remarkable, that authors so learned as Don 

 Ulloa and Clavigero should have entirely neglected 

 the striking passages which I have adduced from Li- 

 gon and from Gage. It is true, indeed, that the 

 Abbe does not estimate the veracity of Gage very 

 high. But, however this author (whose conduct, in 

 some respects, I cannot applaud) may have sometimes 

 exaggerated, there seems no reason to believe that he 

 has done it in the account which he has given of the 

 malignant fever, by which he added so much to the 

 value of his purse. Indeed, with respect to another 

 disease (the Goitre), I have shown, that Gage was a 

 faithful recorder of facts. See a Memoir concerning 

 the Disease of Goitre, as it appears in different parts 

 of North- America. Pages 79, 80. Philadelphia: 

 1800. 



Editor, 



