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Bv feveral transits over the meridian, obferved at the Royal 
Obfervatory, at the latter end of the year 1762 and^ beginning 
of 1763, the firft or the preceding ftar of the three +’s of Aqua- 
rius (with all which I compared the moon, December 4, 1761, 
at St.' Helena) preceded the fecond or fubfequent one 2'.7' f ,U of 
time in right afcenfion, and the third or laft 3'. 9", 70 and the 
fecond preceded the third i.V',59 all according to the time of 
a clock regulated to agree with the diurnal revolution of the 
ftars. 
LVIII. An Account of an extraordinary 
Difeafe among the Indians, in the Ifands of 
Nantucket and Marthu s Vineyard, in 
New England. In a Letter from Andrevv 
Oliver, Efq\ Secretary of his Mdjejly s 
Province of MafTachufett’s Bay, to Ifrael 
Mauduit, EJq\ F. R . S. 
Bofton, 26 Odt. 1764. 
SIR, 
Read Dec. 20, ^Considering your connexions, both 
> 7 6 4 * as a member of the Royal Society, 
and of the Society for propagating the gofpel among 
the Indians, I tranfmit you an account of an un- 
common ficknefs, which prevailed the lad year at the 
iilands of Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard, which 
lie about fix or feven leagues from each othei, and 
the latter about four or five leagues didant liom the 
Indian plantation at Mafhpee on the Continent, where 
it did not make its appearance at all. As I had my 
account from the Englifh minider, and from the 
phyfician at Nantucket, and from the focicty’s mii- 
fionary 
