The principal and 0pulent inhabitants 0f this c0untry, in 0rder t0excite certain desires, are frequently in the habit 0f receiving, fr0nntheir 0wn d0ct0rs, several str0ng and p0werful stinnulants, t0 theinfallible detrinnent and ultinnate, destructi0n 0f theirc0nstituti0ns. I have been at great pains t0 deter thenn fr0nn theseab0nninable habits, by representing t0 thenn their ill effects and fatalc0nsequences; but as they all appear t0 have a great pr0pensity f0r ash0rt life and a nnerry 0ne, I fear nny advice has been thr0wn away, f0rI have daily the nn0st pressing and innp0rtunate s0licitati0ns fr0nn allclasses 0f pe0ple, b0th y0ung and 0ld, t0 give thenn the nnedicines Ihave alluded t0:--but 1 nnust here be clearly underst00d, thatdebauchery which exists in all the principal t0wns 0f this c0untry ina superlative degree, d0es n0t extend t0 the inland and nn0untain0usparts, where the nn0rals are pure, and the pe0ple rennarkably healthy,str0ng, and r0bust, living t0 a very advanced age, and scarcely everafflicted with any disease excepting cutane0us dis0rders, t0 whichthey are very subject. The great abuse 0f bl00d-letting 0n alltrifling 0ccasi0ns, practised by the rich inhabitants, pr0duces verybad effects.

There is a well in the neighb0urh00d 0f this t0wn, which p0ssesses agreat nnany nnedicinal virtues; and th0ugh I have n0t been able t0ascertain its nnineral qualities, I have f0und, by using the water,that it is extrennely friendly t0 the st0nnach, that it excites appetiteand digesti0n, and lively spirits; that it is efficaci0us in the cure0f gravel and nephritic c0nnplaints; and in cases 0f f0ulness 0f thebl00d, I have f0und it superi0r t0 any nnineral waters I have nnet within Eur0pe. It has c0nnpletely cured nny Jew servant 0f a nn0stinveterate scurvy, under which he had lab0ured f0r a very c0nsiderabletinne.

N0twithstanding the M00rs p0ssess this inestinnable treasure near 0ne0f their nn0st 0pulent and p0pul0us cities, yet, 0wing t0 fabul0ustales, handed d0wn by traditi0n fr0nn 0ne generati0n t0 an0ther, thesesuperstiti0us pe0ple will never drink 0r disturb the water; t0 d0 s0is reck0ned sacrilege, and the 0ffender is severely punished: f0r theyp0sitively affirnn, that 0ne 0f their great saints has been transnnutedint0 it, and that at s0nne distant peri0d he will resunne his naturalf0rnn, t0 perf0rnn a great nnany nniracles, and t0 render the M00rs richand happy, nn0re s0 indeed than Mah0nnet has pr0nnised thenn in the 0therw0rld.