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from die feorching heat of the Sun and by its incli- 
nation (falling from the Vertea[or perpendicular] by an 
Afig!e of about 60 degrees^ from Kain, Snow, ^c. Its 
poflible that it may be objeiled, tl at ihe Second and 
Fourth Figures, may reprelent that amongft the Arahi* 
lians (from whom we feem to have received our Nume- 
ral Figures, and they theirs, from the which 
is with usli 5 \ To this lanf'Aer, that the Window is in 
England and not in Arabia*^ nor is there any likely hood 
that ever it was imported from thence ; \noris o with all 
the Aralsy ufed for 5, hut with fome for a Cipher y and 
fo it was ufed by the Moors in Spain, who firjl brought 
thefe Figures into cur parts ^ r^or is the Square 0 an A- 
rabick Letter, but an Englijh Letter^ of that Age,'] And 
the form of thefe Figures toon degenerated from that of 
the Arabs, into fuch as we now ufe, if not at the firft 
reception from the Arabs [or Moors'] certainly long be- 
fore i5'95 (as this conftrudion would make it.) Sir, a- 
bout three Months fince I received your Letter in An- 
fwer to one of mine. In order to compenfate w hich fa- 
vour,! ftiall (if you tcftify your willingncfs to receive 
it) oblige you with a defcription of an improvement, or 
rather invention ("of my Brothers) of a neat, compad, 
very portable ^/r-/>«w/>, appiyed to Cupping ; with x 
or3 Sudtions of uhich,a perfon may exhauft the Air 
from a Large Cupping-Glafs ; and,by thepreflure of the 
External Air upon the Circumjacent parts of the Body 
(and not by fuga vacui) the Fletli lhall be admirably 
forced up into the Glafs ; and, by continuing of the Suc- 
tion as need flball require, he may take away what quan- 
tity of blood he pleafeth. It is an! nvention of ex- 
traordinary advantage to Mankind, ®c. 
Tour mofi obliged Servant 
Thomas Luffkin. 
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