1 a letter, from whieli I copy the following lines:—
2 *' Mnji this serve yon as a proof of my gratitude and -.incyest
3 thanks, for the complete restoration of my health; with the re¬
4 quest that, you vill not, when tar distant, forget yciur true and
5 affectionate friend,
6 “ A TT A K AS K K l*T K K A K
7 , Ale vondrhi in F.iVjpi f,
8 4ptil 1, 18K3.
9 At this time the plague was raging dread fully at. Alexandria.
10 The direction of the hospital was committed to a Jewish doctor,
11 wltose name was Mrirpurgo. Among the infected, there was
12 an Italian, named lfeljnumdo, an apothecary by profession, who
13 died the day after he was attacked with the plague. The
14 people, on this occasion, said: 11 Jl-pnvero Btihn<nilo % i nell'
15 fiUm month." Here also 1 had an opportunity of observing the
16 c ourse of the plague. I did not, however, remain long in this
17 place, but returned to Syria! Unfortunately, the vessel I em¬
18 barked in was an old Danish one, leak y in every coi nor, so that the
19 crew voip obliged to pump day and night. After iny return from
20 Alexandra, 1 fixed my abode oil the c. stern side of the Lebanon,
21 ami began to practice in r. little town named Ssiltli, beautifully
22 situated in theproximity of the valley of Ihdheck, where the feme us
23 ruins of the temple of the si,: (Heliopolis), notwithstanding
24 the attacks of time, rise from the ground like rocks, and arc
25 admired by travellers as one of the most remarkable monuments of
26 antiquity. As l was li\ing in the neighbourhood, 1 accompanied
27 the two Prussian naturalists, Drs. Hemprich and l 7 .hrvnl>c*rg,
28 at that time on their way towards Palbeefc. The fetter is the
29 celebrated naturalist at present in Berlin. From Soldi I went
30 to Damascus (.which I had formerly passed through), in order to
31 pursue there the practice of thy profession. At that period there
32 w»s living in the Capuchin convent, a monk, named Padre Tomaso,
33 who used t,-> perform vaccination; and besides that, professed
34 the medical art. But the following amusing story may serve ts