526 Cafe of a young Woman The ninth day, the uneafinefs of her head was more urgent, with a fense of fulness; the lot five or fix Ounces of blood from her nofe, which removed these symptoms; the eruptions continued in the fame state. inoculated for the Small Pox. The tenth day, the had a flight pain in her head, fucceeded by the ufual A hæmorrhage, though lefs in quantity, thin, and of a very florid colour, which again relieved her. The eleventh day he was entirely free from every kind of complaint: Upon a carel examination, about ten puftules were found, quite florid, fmall, and with little or no tendency to maturation; towards night the hæ morrahge recurred to the quantity of nine or ten cunces, preceded by the ufual pain and dizziness of the head. The twelfth day, all the eruptions were vanished, except two upon her back, which, from this day, came gradually and properly forward to uppuration, and turned on the 15th day from inoculation. on vifiting the young gentleman that evening, I found him faft alleep, and without one alarming symptom about him. The next morning the fame, after a very good night two days after, he was fo well as to take a dose of phyfick; and, the day after its operation, came down ftairs, and made a good dinner upon roafted veal along with the rest of the children. Ignorance and impertinence more frequently provoke my fimiles than my refentment, nor would I have wasted time in relating an affair, which, as far as it is perfonal, can be of little B.confequence to the publick; but, as the prejudices of many people here are very strong against inoculation, the leaft alarming accident flies like lightning, and may blatt a practice, which, I am confident, would preferve the lives of thoufands, if it prove general; and therefore it becomes a publick concern to have these prejudices ob-. viated. C The quantity of blood loft, in the whole, amounted to at least twenty, ounces; nor was nature difturbed in this falutary work by any medicine. Her belly was open from the begin- D ning, her diet being cool and loofen-, ing. She hath been purged two or three times, and is now perfectly well; her fymptoms indeed were fo mild, that he could not properly be called' ill, at any tinie, during the whole courfe There was nothing worth particu- E larly remarking in the other patients; unless the impertinent garrulity, and ill timed officioufnefs of one of the profeffion, deferve reprehenfion. This, gentleman, on the tenth day from the. appearance of the fmall-pox,going in, to ab the eldest gentleman Camber, babbled about a fecond fever, talked H I intended to make fome remarks on the cafe I have now fent you, which indeed affords a large field for rational conjectures, and perhaps fome practical inferences; but I muft defer them to another opportunity, or rather leave them to be made by the judicious Dr Hillary, who hath long fince fhewn his abilities for fuch an undertaking, by many admirable observations in the work I fuft mentioned in this раред. Sunderland, Nov. 13. J. B.. An Account of the MSS attributed to Zoroaster, and other Works relating to the Religion of the Perfles, which M. Perron has depofited in the K. of France's Library, IMSS are originals, written by Ze Tis not pretended that any of these roafter himself, but copies of different degrees of antiquity, written like molt other oriental MSS, upon paper made of linnen or cotton, covered with a vernih, on which the flightest ftroke. is visible. These MSS may be divided into three claffes: : 1ft, Zend works, of which Zoroafter is supposed to have been the author, and which contain what may be called the breviary and ritual of the Perffes; thefe are preferved with the greatest care, and are recited pub lickly by the priests at certain times prefcribed by the law, and alfo by the private Perfes as a meritorious act, though they do not understand one word of what they utter; juft as Pa. 12 Account of the Works of Zoroafter. pifts recite the Latin fervice of their The works of Zoroafter are all writ I. Vendidad Sade, a folio of 560 pa- This volume is called by the general name, Venidad, tho, befides what is the Vendidad, in a ftrict fenfe, it contains two other, tracts of Zornafter, called the fzefcbne, and the Vipered because the priest, who reads the Vendidad, is alfo obliged to read thefe, two other works at the fame time, which are divided into proper leffons for that purpofe, 528 Account of the Works of Zoroafter. The third chapter fpeaks of works that are agreeable to the earth, or ra, ther to the angel who governs it; as agriculture, breeding of cattle, removing out of the way the bodies of the dead, and fuccouring the poor. "A good husbandman, said Ormusd, is as great in my fight, as he who should, produce a thousand men, or recite a thousand fzechnes." A The fourth chapter commands, to render to the rich what has been borrowed: It treats alfo of different fpecies of the crimes called Meberde-B roudjs, becaufe they come from De-. roud the Devil, oppofed to Meber, the angel who gives fertility to cultivated. ground. They commit Meherderoudj, when they break their word, and when they violate contracts; when they refufe to pay couriers their hire, to reward the animals that affitt C in cultivating the ground, to pay the preceptors of youth, and the labouring peasants, and neglect to water a piece of ground when they have promifed to do it. The fifth chapter treats of dead bodies, and of the place to which they are to be carried, and the ceremonies D to be used on that occafion; of legal purifications, and of women delivered before their time. In this chapter,, Ormusd extols the purity of the Vendidad, and touches on the three rivers Pberat, Ponti, and Varkafs. The fixth chapter treats of the impurity which Death communicates to. the earth, the water, and veffels of e-, véry kind. man, who is appointed to receive the fouls of the Saints from the Angel Sferofch, and conduct them to Heaven.. The fubject of the eighth chapter, is the manner of carrying the dead to Dakme, the burying place; the ceremony of prefenting a dog to the dead, to drive away the Devil; the prayers which are to be made for the deceased; the guilt which is con-, tracted by thofe who defile themselves, by approaching or touching a dead body, and the purifications which they mult undergo. The Peres diftinguish fire by different names, drawn from the various afes to which it is applied; as the culinary fire, the bagnio fire, and the founder's fire: In this chapter, Zoroafter recommends the carrying fome. of all thefe fires, and of every other kind to Dadgab, the place of justice; and affigns the place which contains the facred fire, and that which is to be. appropriated to prayer. This chapter. alfo contains the Jeta Ahou Verio, which, like the Efchem Vobou, is a prayer that the Peres have almost continually in their mouths; this prayer. takes its name from the three first words: God commands the chiefs of the law to perform pure & holy works. The angel Bahman watches over thofe who have a pure heart, who do good and apply themfelves to the study of the law; Ehe gives dominion to princes, that they may fuccour and comfort the poor." F The feventh chapter is a continua, tion of the fame fubject; it treats alfo more particularly of the impurity of women after mifcarriages, of the dignity of the medical profeffion, of the merit of him who has cured many fick, promifing, that he fhall be rewarded with a long and happy life: He is enjoined to try the efficacy of his remedies, firft upon thofe who wor hip the Dews, which are fpirits or genii, created by Ahriman, before he G gives them to the Peres; and, it is, declared, that if he neglects this precaution, & his remedies prove fatal, or hurtful to the patient, he is worthy of death. Zoroafter then fixes the fees which the different claffes among the Perfes are to give to the phyfician. He begins with the Athorne or H Priest; and a phyfician who has cured one of thefe minifters of the law, muft content himself with the prayers which he shall offer for him to the Angel Dab Ormufd declares, that to pleafe him, it is neceffary to be pure in thought, word and deed; and, that it is a fin worthy of death, for a man to feduce the daughter or wife of his neighbour, or to commit pederafty Separate, fays Zoroafter, from your communion, and cut to pieces him, who baving. finned, refufes to fubmit to punishment; the robber, him who torments the innocent, the magician, and he who refufes to pay his debts. The ninth chapter relates to the Deflour Mobed, who gives the Barafchnom, that is, who purifies those who are defiled; it fpecifies the qualities' requifite to this minifter, and treats of the place, the inftruments, and the ceremonies proper for thefe purifications: Zoroafter fpeaks alfo, in this chapter, of moral and natural evil Thefe evils, fays he, owe their origin, Account of the Works of Zoroaster. and their progrefs, to the crimes com- others. The eleventh chapter contains a particular account of the methods to be used in purifications; with respect to which, the Honover, or word of God, is of the greatest efficacy. The twelth chapter treats of the prayers which the children, or kindred of the dead are obliged to say, or caufe to be faid on their account. The thirteenth fpeaks of the different dogs whofe approach drives away the devil, who prowles about upon the earth after midnight; of the manner in which they are to be fed, and D of the crime committed by striking them. The fourteenth chapter is upon the fame fubject. He who has killed a dog, muit, in order to expiate his crime, give to the three claffes of the Peres, the priests, the foldiers, and the labourers, the inftruments of their E profeffions; if he is not able to be at this expence, he must dig canals to conduct the water of rivers through the neighbouring pastures, and enclofe the pastures themfelves with a good fence; or, he must marry his daugh; ter, or his fifter,to a man of exemplary fanctity. The fifteenth chapter fpeaks of five fins which merit the punishment of hell; the ft, is railing against, or contradicting a good man, who is inftructing or admonifning finners; the ad, is making the teeth of a dog, who drives away the devil drop out, by giving him fomething to eat burning hot; the 3d, is ftriking or terrifying a bitch that is with puppy, fo as to cause abortion; the 4th and 5th are, to have commerce with a woman during the catamenia, or while the gives fuck. The fixteenth chapter relates to the purification of women. The feventeenth, prefcribes what is to be done to the hair and the nails F G 529 when they are cut. The party is directed to dig a hole in the ground, about half a foot deep, and place a stone at the bottom of it, and to put the clippings of the hair, and the pairings of the nails upon that tone, repeating the prayers directed by the law. In the eighteenth chapter, Zoroaster warns the Perffes not to believe the Deftour who carries the Penom, a piece of linnen, which the Perffes place upon their noses when they pray, and who performs the functions of priests without having the Kofti, which is the gir dle of the Perffes; fuch Deftour, lays Zoroafter, is an impoftor, who teaches the law of the devil, though he affumes the character of a minifter of God. This chapter relates, that,in the be ginning, Ahriman refifted Ormusd, and refufed to receive his law. Zoroafter then celebrates the Cock, who, next to the angel Sferofch, is the guardian of the world, and fecures mankind against the fnares of the devil. The nineteenth chapter, contains an account of the war between Ormusd and Ahriman, and of the defeat of Ahriman by the Honover, or word of God. Ormufd declares, that, at the end of the world, the works of Abriman will be deftroyed by the three Prophets Ofchederhami, Ofchedermah, and Sfoffofch, who fhall arife from a feed preferved in the fource of the ri ver Kanje, a small stream, which the Pelvic cofmogony places in Sfiflan, and which is fuppofed to water Ragham, the 12th city, which was in the beginning created by Ormusd. In this chapter, fomething is alfo faid of endless duration, of the foul of God, which is always employed with the word, of feveral neceffary purifications, particularly one with the urine of an ox, and of fome implements which are neceffary in reading the Avefla, particularly the Barfour, a bundle of tmall twigs tied together, the bell and the falver. Zoroafter then expatiates on what shall happen at the refurrection; after this great event, the righteous and the wicked will pafs over a bridge that feparates earth from heaven, under protection of the Dog, who was created as the common guardian of cattle. This chapter concludes with the names of the devils. The twentieth chapter fpeaks of the H third Poeriodekefch, that is the third prince of the firit dynalty, a righteous and holy prince, who abolished the evil produced by the devil: To this prince Account of Periodical Papers. 530 In the twenty firft chapter, Ormusd directs Zoroafter to render the worthip of prayer and praile to the fupreme Ox,and to the Rain of which the angel Tafchter is the diftributer, who fubfilts under the form of an ox. The rain is drawn from the rivers Pherat and Varkafs; and, in conjunc tion with the Sun, who, like a proud courfer, fprings from the fummit of the mountain Abordi," renders the earth fruitful. The twenty fecond chapter contains the miffion of Zoroafter. Ormufd fends him with the angel Neriaffengul into Irian, which, in Zend, is called Eriemenae". Go, fays he, to Irman, that place which I created pure and fplen did, and which the infernal ferpent has fpoiled and infected, that ferpent which is abforbed in guilt, and pregnant with death. Do thou, who half approached me on the lofty mountain, where I have answered the questions which thou haft propounded to me, carry to Irman my law. I will give thee a thoufand A B C. D oxen, as fat as the ox of the moun- Account of the Political Papers. (Con- T HE AUDITOR, No. XXII. contains a further abufe of Col. JW, in confequence of the injury already done him, and unattoned, by a story concerning his converfation with a child, which no man in his fenfes can now believe to be true, This prince is Djemcbid, mentioned above, who is fometimes called the third king of the first dynafty, because Kaiomorts is not always reckoned one; according to the Pelvic Cefmonegy. Probably Armenia, and the high mountain where Zoroafter pretended to have converfed with the Supreme Being, feems to be Caucafus, called in that country Aborcj. It is probable, that he compofed his works upon this mountain, and the language, called Afa, might be the antient Armenian, to which the ignorance and fuperftition of the Po gave a divine origin, F The MONITOR, (that published for Scot is difcontinued) contains more extracts from English hillory. The BRITON, No. XXI. contains the following reflections: The differences between Great Britain and France have hitherto employed the heads of our politicians; thofe between us and Spain, though perhaps of equal confequence, have Tain dormant, from a prefumption that the Spaniards are no other than the bully-backs of the French, and will follow their principals. How far they were fo in the beginning of the war, I thall not pretend to difpute; but, in the progrefs of it, they are certainly become as much principals as the French. It is to the honour of the late minifter, that he brought the differences between us and France into a very practicable accommodation; and, after the conceffions that were made on both fides, I cannot conceive why fo many millions of money, not to mention the lives that have been loft, have not been faved to Great Britain fince the firft of May 1761. I think the late minifter deficient in difregarding the claims of Spain. They might be improperly urged; but they were materially cognofcible before the tribunal of reafon and equity. His conduct, therefore, is unaccountable, by his fwallowing the cow, and choaking on the rump; for, at the time of the late negociation, our differences with Spain were no more than the rump of our difficulties; tho' now they are the bead and body, as well as the tail. We have taken the Havannah, and poffibly the Spaniards have taken Portugal. I thall not prefend to decide who has the better bargain; but a very little pliancy, or rather good manners, in our late minifter, might have prevented both events. The writer then tells us, that the Spanish West Indies, while in the pofG feflion of Spain, muft be confidered as a goofe that lays England a golden egg every day; but that, in the poffeffion of England, they would be like the goofe when it was ripped up to find fne treasure in its fource: and befides, that the dividing of the Spanish Weft Indies, is contrary to feveral treaties fubfitting between England and Spain. He fays, however, that as we have no way of refenting an injury from Spaire but attacking this territory, we should do |