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dominions ; in order that the chriftians of the latin 

 church may not be wanting in an opportunity of at- 

 tending their worfhip. 



" All this we promife and vow to perform as foon 

 as poffible, fo help us God and all his faints ! In con* 

 firmation whereof, we have fubfcribed the prefent re- 

 cord with our own hand, and figned it with our ordi- 

 nary feal. 



Given at Turin, i( Sultan Jachia, 



this 1 5th of October^ 1633. an Ottoman.." 



OF THE ESTHONIAN AND RUSSIAN BATHS. 

 IN A LETTER FROM A TRAVELLER. 



DURING my ftay in Efthoma and St. Peters- 

 burg, I had an opportunity of itudying the nature of 

 thefe baths. In many refpects they are lingular in 

 their kind, and totally different from what perfons un- 

 acquainted with them in England, France, Germany, 

 and other European ffcates, would form an idea of. 

 The ufe of them is not referved to particular perfons, 

 but it is univerfally a national cuftom. The Efthonian 

 frequents the bath as a fpecies of luxury, the Ruffian 

 as an indifpenfable requifite. On account of their va- 

 rious influence on life and health, they are highly im- 

 portant; and therefore the regulation of them is an 

 affair of the police. The hafty traveller has often 

 treated of them unjuflly and imperfectly. For thefe 



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