ABSTRACT
Some.AccountofapeculiarSpeciesofPlaguewhiekdepopulated WestBarbargin1799and1800,andtotheEffectsofwhick theAuthorwasanege-witness.
FROMvariouscircumstancesandappearances,andfromthe characteroftheepidemicaldistemperwhichragedlatelyinthe southofSpain,thereiseveryreasontosuppose,itwassimilar tothatdistemperorplaguewhichdepopulatedWestBarbary; forwhetherwecallitbythemorereconcileableappel1atiooof theepidemy,oryellowfever,itwasundoubtedlyaplague,and amostdestn1ctiveone,forwhereveritl>revailed,itinvariably carriedoff,inafewmonths,one-half,orone-third,ofthepopu• lation.
