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the subject of this chapter. SrvoTal ohl men 

 were marked l>y it ; ami 1 imderstarid that 

 during the time it jirevailed am(in<i," the ahori- 

 gines at Wellington Valley, they did not rt;- 

 gard it as trf foreign inttoductitm ; they con- 

 ^fi«l^ it contagions, and "whetk one patty 

 was attacked l>y this formidable disease, the 

 others deserted them, to avoid being inlected. 

 None of the soldier's children stationed at Wel- 

 Inigtoja V*ll^ imk iie 4feQlftoa aKft^f^agh the 

 bkeks about &e ^tii^ait 'vreipei snffmitg^om 

 it ; the children never had liad the small-pox, 

 but I coidd not be informed wbether they h^d 

 been vaccinated. 



Wim Mmm esi^^iled so loxtit^^ttl^tlem during 

 the time It prevdiledi* AEoi the gd^vtsnunesot wem 

 induced to send % m$^cal gentleman into the 

 interior to report upon, and give his opinion re- 

 garding, its nature. Dr. Mair, assistant-surgeon 



•* In February, 1833, the ship " Prince Regent" arrived 

 at Port Jaclvson, from England, with emigrants und a general 



amnt of tlic smnll-pox bavinj:? nrcnrred nt two dlstiiut 

 peruuls un board the vessel during the pus&iigc. The vessel 

 war c»6t r^kdie&A irma un]p$eaiant sStOitliijin imtt]! the 

 comniencenicnt of Murcli, liavitig been, [iri'vuius to her re- 

 lease^ thoroughly fumigated, and the clothes of uU the in- 



before being adttjjttcd into tlie cove oi^lSyilticy, 



