Afterseveraltediousdelaysfromcloudedweather，onthe14thofMarch，wegladlystoodoutofKingGeorge’sSoundonourcoursetoKeelingIsland。

　　Farewell，Australia！youarearisingchild，anddoubtlesssomedaywillreignagreatprincessintheSouth：butyouaretoogreatandambitiousforaffection，yetnotgreatenoughforrespect。Ileaveyourshoreswithoutsorroworregret。[1]Itisremarkablehowthesamediseaseismodifiedindifferentclimates。AtthelittleislandofSt。Helenatheintroductionofscarletfeverisdreadedasaplague。Insomecountries，foreignersandnativesareasdifferentlyaffectedbycertaincontagiousdisordersasiftheyhadbeendifferentanimals；ofwhichfactsomeinstanceshaveoccurredinChile；and，accordingtoHumboldt，inMexicoPolit。Essay，NewSpain，vol。iv。。

　　[2]NarrativeofMissionaryEnterprise，p。282。

　　[3]CaptainBeecheychap。iv。，vol。i。statesthattheinhabitantsofPitcairnIslandarefirmlyconvincedthatafterthearrivalofeveryshiptheysuffercutaneousandotherdisorders。CaptainBeecheyattributesthistothechangeofdietduringthetimeofthevisit。

　　Dr。MaccullochWesternIsles，vol。ii。p。32says：“Itisasserted，thatonthearrivalofastrangeratSt。Kildaalltheinhabitants，inthecommonphraseology，catchacold。”Dr。Maccullochconsidersthewholecase，althoughoftenpreviouslyaffirmed，asludicrous。Headds，however，that“thequestionwasputbyustotheinhabitantswhounanimouslyagreedinthestory。”InVancouver’sVoyage，thereisasomewhatsimilarstatementwithrespecttoOtaheite。Dr。Dieffenbach，inanotetohistranslationoftheJournal，statesthatthesamefactisuniversallybelievedbytheinhabitantsoftheChathamIslands，andinpartsofNewZealand。Itisimpossiblethatsuchabeliefshouldhavebecomeuniversalinthenorthernhemisphere，attheAntipodes，andinthePacific，withoutsomegoodfoundation。

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