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266 to witness their habits, when a party of them were enticed over by the late Mr. Boyd. They were located at Mr. Fennel's (Mr. Boyd's agent), on the banks of the Yarra; as soon as fever attacked them, they crept to the banks of the Yarra and plunged themselves in three or four times a day.

15. I attach to this report on the diseases of the Aborigines the opinion of twenty-nine gentlemen, situated in various parts of the colony, who, one and all, bear testimony to the awful mortality among them, the following opinions of the cause:—

16. A return from a public hospital I deem would be a fair criterion for the Central Board, embracing the two points, mortality and disease.

Return of Aboriginal Natives admitted into the Melbourne Hospital from 1st January to 8th November 1860:—

I have, &c.,

(Signed)