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Rh of this country, and in 1736 and 1737, epidemics prevailed, which again checked its increase."

It may be remarked, that the greatest proportion of births to burials, was in the five years after the great pestilence.

"In this instance the inhabitants appear to have been almost doubled in 56 years, no very bad epidemics having once interrupted the increase, but the three years immediately follow ing the last period (to 1759,) were so sickly that the births were sunk to 10,229, and the burials raised to 15,068." Rh