.SM.\LK-l'aX. 



CHAPTER VII, 



AppL'inaT]co ani(m;^ tliL- ii'divm of ii ilisicasc resembling the 

 small-pox — Origin and progress of that raaladj anwnjg the 



Variety o\' irii-ins assiimed hy th^- ^@@&9^e— Its ctumtloJl — 

 The critical period— Dr. Mair's iPepOtt. 



About t^o jmrn previous an etuptiw febrile dis- 



ensci made its appearance anioiig tlic Tisitivr^i of 

 Wcllinjitoii Vulloy, rospnihliiig tlit- smuU-jiox in 

 its principal chcinicters. Soiiit! alarm was ex- 

 perienced in consequence among the Europeans, 

 to yirhm^ children the disease had as yet been 

 fortunatclv tmknuwn. About a y^^ar alter I was 

 informed it pruvailcd anioni>' tin; ahorig'iin's at 

 tlir Lachlan, HHrraoorani^'. <nnl Cdx's rivci', 

 and 1 rt'inarketl that several of tlie blacks 

 at Goulbum Plain^i' md also at other parts 

 of the edony, had piB m their itces^ resem- 

 bling those produced by smsdl-pox, and w hicl), 

 they informed roe, were caused by the dis- 



