THE PLAGUE. , 189 Portuguese consul at L'Araich, is competent to declare, Jrom his own Imowledge and ejcperience, that this remedy has been administered effectually by him to persons having the plague, who did not also use the friction with oil.

I say, till this can be ascertained, I think the remedy of oil applied ea:ternally, should not be forsaken ; as it has been proved during the plague in Africa, in 1799, to he infallible, and therefore indispensable to people whose vocation may lead them to associate with, or to touch or bury the infected. For the rest, such persons as are not compelled to associate with the infected, may effectually avoid the contagion, however violent and deadly it may be, by avoiding contact. I am so perfectly convinced of this fact, from the experience and observation I have made during my residence at Mogodor, whilst the plague raged there in 1799) that 1 would not object to go to any country, although it were rotten with the plague, provided my goingwould benefit mankind, or serve any useful purpose ; and I would use no fumigation, or any other remedy but what I actually used at Mogodor in 1799. I am so convinced from my own repeated and daily experience, that the most deadly plague is as easy to be avoided by strictly adhering to the PRINCIPLE OF avoiding PERSONAL CONTACT AND INHALATION, AND THE CONTACT OF INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES, that I would ride or walk through the most populous and deeply-infected city, as