CHAPTER III

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THE BLACK DEATH OF 1348-9.

Arrival of the Black Death, and progress through Britain, with contemporary English and Irish notices of the symptoms 114

Inquiry into the extent of the mortality 123

Antecedents of the Black Death in the East--Overland China trade--Favouring conditions in China 142

The Theory of Bubo-Plague 156

Illustrations from modern times 163

Summary of causes, and of European favouring conditions 173

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