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fine, airy, comfortable apartment, he declared to us his expectation of being restored iu 

 a little time; tae danger of the disease he concluded to be completely removed, and he 

 was then in the use of bark and wine. His wife, an amiable woman, was sitting at his 

 bed side, to all appearance in full health, elated with the prospect of her husband's re- 

 covery. Sue, however, soon discovered that her hopes were premature: the next day the 

 companion of her bosom was wrested from her arms by that fatal disease, the force of 

 which she had flattered herself was subdued. 



Upon the day in which the doctor died, which was the 13th of October, '99, Mrs. 

 Wynant was attacked with the same fever which had terminated the life of her husband, 

 and within the space of five days from its commencement she fell a victim to its malig 

 nant, deadly influence. 



About three years . have elapsed since I was called to visit, in consultation with 

 Dr. Halsey, the son of a favourite parishioner, who was ill with yellow fever, which 

 disease he had contracted in the city of New-York. The day preceding the dissolution 

 of the young gentleman in question, it was necessary, in consequence of a copious 

 involuntary discharge of urine, to change the sheets upon his bed, and whilst the 

 disconsolate father raised the body of his son, I supported his drooping head upon my 

 shoulder. The patient died; I performed his funeral rites, and in a few days was attack- 

 ed with the disease myself. During ray confinement and convalescence, I was visited by 

 several of the faculty. Dr. Baiubridge of New York was at my house, who expressed 

 his conviction of the serious nature of the disease, from which I was then recovering. It 

 must be remembered that I had not been in the city for many weeks preceding my 

 indisposition, and that the young gentleman from whom I received the complaint was con- 

 fined in an airy, well ventilated chamber, surrounded with every comfort which the ten- 

 derness and opulence of his parents could procure. 



In addition to the instances above mentioned, I have been informed by Mr. Abraham 

 Banker, a gentleman of learning and intelligence, of the death of Mr. Degroat and his 

 wife. It appears that a person from the city of New- York, by the name of Oswald, had 

 engaged lodgings for himself and family at the house of Mr. Degroat, an opulent farmer 

 upon the north side of this island. Mr. Degroat went to the ferry with his wagon to 

 escort the strangers to his house ; and upon his return home, rode next to Mr. Oswald, 

 with whom he was engaged iu close conversation. A few days after the arrival of Mr. 

 Oswald, Mr. Degroat was seized with the yellow fever, to which he very soon fell a vic- 

 tim. Mrs. Degroat, who had affectionately attended her husband, was also attacked, 

 and after struggling with the disease a few days, she followed her late companion to the 

 tomb. Mr. Oswald, from whom, Mr. Banker is convinced, the contagious effects of the 



