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conftant flream in the winter, or in times of much rain^ but this, 
as the rivers of 'Damaj'cus and Aleppo at this day, is ma<lc by 
'■Ptolemy to have no ifluc but to go off in vapours, and to be im- 
bibed by the thirfly earth of thele delarts. 
The Mra, or account of years, obferved by the Pdlmyrenes 
in their inlcriptions, is evidently that of Seleucus, called after- 
wards iDhlkarnain or Jiicornis by the Arabs^ and uled by them 
till above 900 years after Chrift, and not that of the death of 
Alexander ; this may be demonftratcd from an infcription, 
wherein Alexander Sever us is filled ©Eor, that is, after the 
death and confecration of that emperor, or after the year of our 
Lord 234; and from the name of jfullus^ who, when this in- 
icriptinn was fet up, was Praefectus Praetorii^ and could be no 
other than Juliiii 'Pbillppus u4rabs^ who might be efteemed by 
the Palmyrenes as their countryman, it follows, that it was in the 
jaffc year of Gordian, An- Chrift. 1^1 or 243 j and that empe- 
ror being foon after murdered by the treachery of this Philipy 
who fucceeded him, and his trealon coming afterwards to light, 
it is not to be wondered at that his name was purpolely effaced in 
this inlcriptionj the date thereof An. 554, fhews the beginning 
of this account 311, or 512 years before Chrift co incident with 
the ^ra of SeleucuSy which was alfo uled by feveral other cities 
in the eafl. 
I'he Cure of a Horfe Staked into his Stomach 5 hy jDr. Wallis. 
Phil. Tranf. N° 219. p. 178. 
A Horfe, leaping over a hedge, chanced to flake himfelf very 
dangeroufly^ the farrier, upon learching the wound, anS 
enlarging it in the outward ii.in and rim of the belly, found a 
wound in the ventricle or maw, at leafl three inches in length 5 
he then removed the maw outwardly and ordered a fervant to 
cleanfe it from the chewed grafs, being lefs likely to mortify 
when empty j the maw being thus cleanfed, the farrier lewed up 
the wound therein, and then thruft it back into the body 5 and 
afterwards iewed up the wound in the rim of the belly 5 the 
wound in the outward lltin he did not few up, but only tacked it 
loofely together about the middle, leaving room on both fides t» 
put in tents and medicines for the healing of it 5 the horle after 
this continued for fbme time much indilpofed, but in a month or 
fix weeks time, with careful attendance, the wounds were clofed, 
and perfe6lly cured ^ and the horle worked at the plough and did 
other fervices as before. 
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