1 years of age, one of whom was • Austrian,, the other English
2 consul) often regretted the circumstance. At Bagdad there
3 happened the following case:—the wife of an Armenian curate
4 having been for eight months with child, had died in cotiseqtter ee
5 of a scald. On both sides of the belly of the deceased a certain
6 motion was visible for a long time, which caused some people to
7 believe that she was about to bring forth twins, which they
8 wished to save. They sent.for me, but, to mv grief, they came
9 when all assistance was too late. I cite this unhappy accident
10 of the poor woman, that it may serve as an example to those;
11 people who deal in spirits and other combustible articles,
12 and as a warning to them to be cautious in their management.
13 The above-mentioned woman went up stairs late in the night,
14 with a candle in her baud, and entered a room, to pour some
15 brandy from a damejana (a large glass jar, covered with straw).
16 Keeping the light too near to the spirits, they caught lire. Iu-
17 stetad, of covering the mouth of the jar, to extinguish the (lame,
18 she permitted the damejanc to fall cm the ground, and, sprinkled
19 as she was with the burning spirits, she fell a victim to the
20 flames. Some time afterwards, she was found in the dark room,
21 in a fainting state, amidst the ashes of her clothes.
22 From Tripoli I went, by-older, to AKar, in the mountains,
23 to attend the Prince Ali Essat, who, together with his numerous
24 family (wife, brother, children, and slaves) were infected with
25 the venereal disease, which, although appearing under different
26 forms and complications, may be ranged in the class of syphilis
27 secundaria. At that time I knew no better remedy for that
28 complaint. than corrosive sublimate combined with salmiac,
29 accompanied by decoctions of sarsaparilla, china-root, gujac
30 wood, &c.
31 Whilst 1 was at Akar, it was reported that Abdula, Pasha of
32 Acre, had commenced war against, the Pasha of Damascus, in
33 consequence of a dispute, and that he had sent troops, the greater
34 part of them Christians (Maronites front the Lebanon) and
35 Druses, under the command of Emit Beahir, towards the holy
36 city of Damascus ( llnh-uUKnbn, or entrance to the Sanctuary