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the distemper, and 38 have died. In Leeds 792 have had the small-pox, and 

 189 have died. It is to be noted, that in this town the small-pox have been 

 more favourable this season than usual, and in Leeds they have been more than 

 usually mortal. But on a medium in these three towns there have died nearly 

 22 out of every hundred, which is above a 5th part of all that have been infected 

 in the natural way. 



I have in these accounts confined myself to the limits of the towns. The 

 numbers that have had the small-pox in the country round about, is vastly 

 greater; but the proportion of those that die is much the same. I have made 

 the inquiry in several country villages, in some I found the proportion to be 

 greater, in others less, but in the main it is nearly the same. 



Observations of the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, on board the Royal 

 African Packet y in 1721. By Cap t. Cornwall. N^'s;!, p. 55. 



