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Being arrived at Guadaloupe, the Count de Moyen- 
court, and Monf. Mefnier, ordinator and fubdelegate 
to this intendance, communicated to me the orders 
of the general and intendant. I began then to in- 
form myfelf of the neceflary inftruCtions for acquit- 
ing myfelf of this dangerous commiflion, the difa- 
greeable confequences of which I eafily forefaw. I 
had fo often heard of thefe leprous fpots, that I 
judged it neceflary to know, whether what was faid 
was true : for 1 could not comprehend, that a dif- 
eafe, which has fo dreadful an end, and the fym- 
ptoms then fo terrible, fliould continue ten or fifteen 
years without any other appearance than thefe fimple 
fpots; which, in themfelves, had nothing very bad, 
I demanded an inqueft to be made, in order to fatisfy 
myfelf of this faCt : feveral furgeons, as practitioners, 
and feveral honeft inhabitants, as obfervers, were ac- 
cordingly called together, who all proved the fame 
faCt in this inqueft ; which you, Sir, may, and muft, 
have feen in the regifter of the fubdelegation of this 
ifland. I am, moft lincerely, 
S I R, 
Your moft humble and obedient Servant, 
Auguft io. 1748. Pey florid. 
Result of the Visitation. 
ift,'^TONE of the patients, whom we vifited, had 
any fever ; and they all declared, that they 
found no inconvenience nor pain ; but, on the con- 
trary, eat, drank, and flept well, performing every 
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