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It is thought, that others were infedted by com- 
munication with the Negro women, efpecially in 
the beginning, when the difeafe is much concealed, 
and at a time when they did not miftruft one an- 
other ; which is very probable, iince we faw many 
Mulatto children, born of female Negroes, infe&ed 
and leprous. 
1 8. However this be, this diflemper has had its 
progrefs ; and in this vilitation, which we made, we 
examined 256 fufpedted perfons ; that is, 85) Whites, 
47 free Mulattoes, and 1 20 Negroes : among whom 
we found 22 Whites, 6 Mulattoes, and 97 Negroes, 
infedted with the leprofy, amounting to 1 25. There 
were fix Whites and five Negroes more, whom we 
could not vifit, for reafons let forth in the verbal 
procefs. The remaining perfons, which were 131, 
appeared to us very found : not that we can anfwer 
for the confequences, efpecially with refpedf to the 
children, who are the offspring of leprous perfons ; 
whether declared fuch by us, or dead before the vifit- 
ation, fufpe&ed of infection. 
This is the opinion, declaration, and refult of the 
vilitation made by us, the phyficians and lurgeon 
appointed for that purpofe. At Baffeterre, the day 
above-mentioned. 
Peyssonel. 
Lemoine. 
Moulon. 
A fecond vifitation was made in O&ober 1748. 
VIII. An 
