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known to exist in New Holland[1]. A very great difference was observed in the comparative cleanliness of these savages; some of them were so abominably beastly, that it required the strongest stomach to look on them without nausea, while others were sufficiently
- ↑ Two attempts have been made to convey the vaccine matter to New South Wales, one by the Glatton, and the other, by the Calcutta, but both failed of success. Are we certain that any advantage would have accrued from the introduction of such a disorder into the colony? Hear what a celebrated writer says on this subject: "Distempers, local in their origin, become more formidable when transplanted, than in their native soil; the small-pox, so little feared in Europe, almost depopulated America, and the plague is much more inveterate when it invades Europe, than in its native East. This is scarcily accounted for; the human frame is prepared by custom and by climate for the admission of the native disease, which is not the case where it is transported." What opinion would we form of an attempt to introduce a new disease into England, merely to prevent the evils attending the possible introduction of the plague!
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