attention to the religious; rights of thé country. The pro-
xeffion, in which the governor and all the principal inhabitants
joined, having paffed through ’moft of the ftreets,
returned, with the Solemnity^ -to» tfae.cdnnsclb it ’ hadrfet
v©ut from; which was. richly ornamented, -and fpkndidly
illuminated with large wax. tapers, upon the occaftön.
During our, ftay here; his excellency the governor entertained
Captain Phillip and all the officers belonging to the expedition
with a very elegant dinner.
Before we failed from the Mbthexbank, a fparatic ditciSc.
had appeared among .the marines and coriviftsi On: its firff
appearance I t refembled the mumps,, or fwellingsof the chaps j
and' as that diftemper -fometimes' terminates in a tranflation
iof the inflammation to the tefticlesj. fo this-edrnplaint, (aftea
the fivelling and induration. opthe jaWs hadfubfid’ed, which
ufijally;happened on. the foxth or. feventh djjp|!«evsr: in-'ona
inftance foiled to. fox on thofe parts:^ and. that: in fo very
•obftinate a -manner, as; not to give way to. the treatment
generally found effectual in fimilar inflammations; ; One .of
the: conviéb, thus a£Fe£ted, was> feized with am intermitting
pever: between the paroxyfm I; gave him an. emetic*- which
had fuch a hidden bnd Wonderful effedt on .this .ftrange.. complaint,
plaint, that I was-induced to repeat it ; and found it
effectual in this; as well as in all fubfequent cafes. As foon.
as we got tO:lea,. the motion o f the. fhip adted on all thofe
who were affe&ed, to- the number of feventeen* in a- moft-
furpriftng and extraordinary manner- Indeed it was fo fud-t
den, that it was like a, placebo". I could never account, with*
any fatisfadlion to myfelf, for the origin of this uncommon-
difeafe, 'though/ much acquainted: with thofe incident top
feamen ;. nor did I everfee. of hear o f any that refembled^
it.Mfhe mod: heady and prudent of the mariners, even thofe
who had tirgir wives o®-,boa®d,. were, equally afle<fted :Witb<
thofe-who led-- more-irregul-aar. lidfes. At fir ft Iattributed it:
to the verdigrea-fe that'might gather on»- the copper utenfils-
wherein,the. provifion-s wej-e cooked; but lam now fully’
perfuadcd that this, was not - the fource from which it pro-seceded";
for at the very time it was moft prevalent,-, and attended
with;the greateft degree of inveteracy, the coppers
were cleaned,.and made as bright'as. they could be, every day*.
Under my own infipe&ionv Another proof, and-aevery ftrong.
one, that it did-not proceed'from-the before-mentioned caufe;
is; that the provifions - ftill continued'’ to .be drefled in the -
feme coppers, when. the. fmalleftrtrace, of the- difeafe was. no**
longer^