Ali WLh A.MOXt; TlIK AUOl! K; I MIS. \ J.i 



in Octubir last vrar, 1>^3(>,) and coiitiunrd to 

 jiMV-ct tln' Iflaeks in that vii'iuirv tn Docciiilfrr. 

 TJiu poor crentuFcs bkuni'd Captain fStnrt for its 



i»tn;^etioyi^^ miwjiijQiwmed ishmt itj. and 

 me mpn^imA m imiA^ m'&^pLt^ mm® 

 gricvons calamity; a^e^t'$^4$ »nd flood were 

 predicted by oiw of their sa^es, which wonld 

 come Iroiii Monnt Harris and destroy theiii. 



wk» hsA r^sM^ with tke tAh^ (ax k 

 the interior, for several ytnir.^, and was lately 

 taken ]>risoner l>y tlje nionnted police tlie dis- 

 ease proeeeded from the north-west coast, and 



apair^ tiione Dif the idbes its m liTerpool 

 Pldtm, attacking wmif mi tMcty ^ fkmts 

 npne escaping its fory. The kingj or chidf of 



* This is not uncommon among savage nations ; tlic in- 



butud to \';nicoiivcr ; and in 1jccc1il>\ "s intcTCstiiif;; naniitive we 

 ai'c told that the Pitcairn islaudurs liad imbibed similar notions 

 V/ii3it regard to dhipfi^ catliiift at t^#hr WmStf leanring 



them a Itgucj' of stmtc disc;isf. ^Tr. Ilamiltoii Iliinic, (tb© 

 W<ilHsnowti Australian traveller,) wlio accompanied Captjiift 

 Btm iti his estpedttbik w lim im&im^t saj^ tile miivei 

 will MEflVriji- scvoiL'ly frcwjl- |Iliia (SlWpiive malady, whm 

 thcj arrived unioiig theiUj mid mil|(lth«t^- had died^ u]id many 

 tnoi-e wtjtfi still dying, finsm- ftst irivuleKQe^ Tlwj j^8Ci'%t&m of 

 ilie di.scasc lie gave me accords in most points witli thxi 

 HfUwi by I>r. Mair. 



