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infliction was deserving of all admiration, gave a parting 

 entertainment to those persons who had more particularly 

 exerted themselves whilst the epidemic lasted. Amongst a 

 variety of toasts, His Excellency proposed three, specially 

 applicahle to the occasion. The first was to the Sundhets- 

 Namnd, or the Members of the Sanitary Committee ; the 

 second, to the Sundhets-Byra, which may be rendered, 

 the Working Members of the same ; and the last, to the 

 Faculty, which he prefaced by a speech to the following 

 effect : 



" My third toast, is in honour of the medical gentle- 

 men present ; and amongst them the volunteers who came 

 to assist us in contending against this scourge. I arrange 

 my toasts in this wise, because I venture to liken a pestilence 

 to an enemy, who makes an inroad into a country, and 

 devastates it with fire and sword. The Sundhets-Namnd 

 answers to the ministry of war of the land invaded; the 

 Sundhets-Byra to the commissariat; and the' members of 

 the faculty to the armed host actually opposed to the foe. 

 Gentlemen, the health of the Doctors ! whom I most grate- 

 fully thank for the courage and unwearied zeal with which 

 they have contended against the enemy of our country !" 



