liad ])otm sheltered from the weather, and at- 

 tended fiy pliysiciaiis. 



"4. Vacciuatiou seemed to possess a controlling 

 power over it, as three bkAs w^ho hud been 

 suQG^^s]yDLy i?a<^nated, aH^oit^h equally ex* 

 posed to the disease, escaped nifcctioii. 



-'). h was not ennfinnd to tlie aborigines, hut 

 in one instance attacked a European in the 

 foum €»f sied«ndarf small-pox^ and proved Cattail to 

 a child with symptoms resembling confluent 

 small-pox. 



" G. In several cases it occasioned Idindncss, 

 and left many of the poor blacks in a very de- 

 bOitated and he»l|»lm €ondM<»n> with nmke 

 which <!ionld n^^t be distingnlbhed tmm. the pits 

 of small-pox on different parts of their bodies. 



7. ItM'as never oliserved to attoek any of the 

 aborigines a second time, and it spread alarm 

 and isondtemation among ihem,^ Bom aifter 

 Dr. Mair's report was sent in to the Ctelbnial 

 Government, an official notice was published in 

 the " Sydney (Ja/.ette," requesting parents to 

 have their cliildren vaccinated . 



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