In past times it has more than once been visited by the plague, which so late as 1711 caused the death of over twenty-eight thousand of its inhabitants.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Nevertheless, the passage was not easy, and if it were not for the aid of the inhabitants of the last village, won by gifts, it would have been necessary to seek another road for the King.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Still more melancholy was it, towards evening, to see the unhappy inhabitants wandering amid the smoking ruins in search of the friends and fortunes they had lost.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot