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and no way similar to the humour discharged from the tongue 

 and feet of diseased cattle in this country. 



(Signed) Moopekal Stkkenivasachaby." 



As vaccination is now so generally adopted in Hindostan, and 

 likely to become a universal blessing in that populous part of the 

 globe, it may be satisfactory to mention the following singular fact, 

 respecting the antiquity of vaccination in India, taken from the 

 Asiatic Register for 1804; which is altogether a curious and au- 

 thentic addition to a subject so interesting to humanity. 



" The fact stated in the following translation of a written 

 memorandum from the nabob Mirza Mehady Ah Khan, who 

 was long resident at Benares, that the effects of vaccination have 

 been known for a great length of time in that celebrated quarter 

 of India, is referred to the investigation of those who have the 

 opportunity and ability, since they cannot want the inclination, to 

 prosecute so interesting an inquiry. The undoubted intimation 

 of this fact, that vaccination has been practised among the wor- 

 shippers of Bowannee, will not detract an iota from the merits of 

 the Jennerian discovery; the fortuitous and happy circumstance 

 that led to the discovery in Europe, has been unquestionably and 

 most satisfactorily proved, whilst the anxiety, study, perseverance, 

 and indefatigable exertions, which have been applied by its bene- 

 volent professor to ensure the conviction of the world, in the un- 

 bounded benefit of the discovery, have entitled him to the lasting 

 gratitude of mankind. The full ascertainment of the fact will 

 only go to afford an additional instance of primeval oriental 



