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‘Some respectable persons contended that this li- 
-nen fhould be placed on the noses of dying persons, 
and others. that it fhould not. 
Djamasp very judiciously determined, that it was 
not absolutely efsential to the salvation of a dying 
man, that the Penom fhould be applied to his nose ; 
as such applications were not customary at Kirman. 
A violeat ferment arose, and the unfortunate 
_Djamasp was forced to return to Kitman, from 
whence he had been sent, leaving behind him seve- 
ral disciples and books for the instruction of the 
_ people. 
Mr Anguetil de Perron took advantage of these 
_sbroils, to obtain copies of good books given him by 
persons of both contending parties, with a view to 
_shis conversion. 
While these interesting disputes were carrying on 
_ inthe year 1758, the amzable East India Company 
_of England were laying si¢ge to the city of Surat. 
Such is the end of all foolifh disputes, where mo- 
rality and humanity are out of the question. A. B. 
READING MEMORANDUMS. 
For tie Bee. 
Waar kind of reading must that be which can at- 
tract or entertain the languid morning spirit of mo- 
dern effeminacy? Any, indeed, that can but prevent 
the insupportable toil of thinking ; that may serve 
as a prepzratory whet of indolence to the approaching 
pleasures of the day. Thus it comes to pafs that 
