in the World except the Small pox which doesnot spring from it." It was in vain that Kitty endeavoured to convince her that her fears onthe occasion were groundleſs; that it was not yet late enough to catch cold, and that even if it were, she might hope to escape any other com::plaint, and to recover in leſs than ten Months.M^{rsPetersorcival}Peterson¹^^only replied that she hoped she knewmore of Ill health than to be convinced in sucha point by a Girl who had always been perfectly well, and hurried up stairs leaving Kitty tomake her apologies to M^r & M^rs Stanley for goingto bed –. Tho'Though M^rsPercivalPeterson² seemed perfectly satis::fied with the goodneſs of the Apology herself, yetKitty felt somewhat embarraſsed to find thatthe only one she could offer to their Visitors wasthat her Aunt had perhaps caught cold, forM^rs Peterson charged her to make light of it, forfear of alarming them. M^r & M^rs Stanley howeverwho well knew that their Cousin was easilyterrified on that Score, received the account of it