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his emotions as fuffering the extreme of agony. He looked anxi- 

 oufly into the different coves that they vifited ; not a veftige on the 

 fand was to be found of human foot; the excavations in the rocks 

 were filled with putrid bodies of thofe who had fallen victims to the 

 diforder: not a living per/on was any where to be met with. It 

 feemed as if, flying from the contagion, they had left the dead to bury 

 the dead. He lifted up his hands and eyes in filent agony for fome 

 time ; at length he exclaimed, " All dead ! all dead !" and then hung 

 his head in mournful filence, which he preferved during the remainder 

 of their excurfion. Some days after, he learned that the few of his 

 companions who furvived had fled up the harbour to avoid the pefti- 

 lence that fo dreadfully raged. This poor fellow's fate has been al- 

 ready mentioned. He fell a victim to his, own humanity, when feve- 

 ral of his countrymen were taken to the town covered with eruptions 

 of the diforder, which had not confined its effects to Port Jackfon ; 

 for on vifiting Broken Bay the path was in many places covered with 

 fkeletons, and the fame fpe&acles were to be met with in the hollows 

 of moft of the rocks of that harbour. 



Notwithftanding the town of Sydney was at this time filled with 

 children, many of whom vifited the natives that were ill of the difor- 

 der, not one of them caught it, though a North American Indian be- 

 longing to Captain Ball's veflel died of it. 



To this diforder they gave the name of Gal-gal-la : and that it was 

 the fmall-pox there was fcarcely a doubt ; for the perfon feized with it 

 was affected exactly as Europeans are who have that diforder ; and on 

 many that had recovered from it were feen the traces, in fome the ra- 

 vages on the face. 



Whenever they feel a pain, they faften a tight ligature round the 

 part, thereby flopping the circulation, and eafing the part imme- 

 diately affected. It has before been mentioned, that they rapidly reco- 

 ver from their wounds : even a fractured fkull confines them but a 

 fhort time. That their fkulls fhould be frequently fractured can be 

 no matter of wonder, when it is recollected that the club feems to be 



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