Births  Marriages  Deaths  &c. &c.

1845 continued

we have been visited by the epidemic the circumstances, as respects the weather have been invariably the same. A long drought succeeded by two or three weeks of wet, and the wind settling into the North West. In fact a N. West wind is the precursor of rheumatism, catarrh, and slight febrile affections. Bleeding is not to be recommended vomits are the sovereign remedy for certainly no community of persons secrete greater quantities of bile than the inhabitants of this Island.

March 31st.
There is none but one person sick and she is recovering. A few have a slight cough but that is wearing away. And now it behoves us to offer up our grateful thanksgiving to Almighty God: Father Son and Holy Spirit to whom be glory now and for ever. Amen.

April 15th
For several days past the weather have been cloudy with occasional showers: winds very variable. Yesterday the wind blew from the S.S.E. and it began to rain in good earnest: as the day declined the wind increased, at sunset it blew a gale. All hands busily employed securing the roofs of the houses and making all snug before dark. A dirty night was anticipated, and our fears were more than realized; at 10 o clock the wind three or four points to the Westward and the sheet lightning began to break the lurid atmosphere. By midnight a perfect typhoon raged around and above us the whole concave of the heavens was a continued blaze and the roar of the thunder, though not very loud (with the exception of one burst) was incessant. From the position of the wind which