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St Vincent.
18 June, 1891
a W from the manager of Richmond Estate who had kindly
has been brought down to the beach for us. Mr. From is a
gentle old Scotchman and he and I soon became fast friends.
Before proceeding on our journey from the farm club
and the servants of police and told them to have as many
your patients put into the cart they could in order that I
might see the wretched people away return. Mr. From gave
me 'Ros' a fine animal which he said would carry me
well. And 'Ros' certainly did his duty nobly, and I am
quite delighted with my mount. We rode out to Richmond
Estate first and by the side of the road I saw whole she
some months ago a magnificent collection of barn stone
implements had been dug up. Most of your patients had
been collected at the wake and I dismounted and examined
them. There were twenty, and a few cases of ulcers of the
leg produced by the irritation of the 'Tatter worm'. While
I was examining one case of ulceration McDonald rode up
and then quickly rode away a fell off his horse in a
faint. He broke into a cold perspiration, his pulse
became almost imperceptible and I got rather alarmed
at the syncope. However he came to after a time and told
me that he positively fainted when he saw anything of the
kind.