( 3J8 ) 
March' Tiler. Winds. 
i8* 40, S. SW. i Clear. The City was fprinkied 
over with fmall Allies, like 
Kitchen Allies, which were 
attrafted by the Loadftone. 
19. 42. o W. 1 A Few thin Clouds, 
2.0. 37. o o Almoft clear. Fefuvius be* 
came entirely quiet. 
VIII. A Jhort Account , by Mr. John Eames, 
F. ^ b. of a Fook^ intituled , Tuhhfat ilkibar, 
printed at Conftantinople, Anno Dorn. 
1728* 
T HE Advantage of Printing above Writing, has 
at laft prevailed with the Grand Signor to per- 
mit a Printing-Prefs to be fet up at Coujt antinople . 
It was obtained upon a Memorial prefented to him by 
the Grand Vizier, with the Confent of the Mufti. 
The Privilege is granted to Zaid the Son of Me - 
hemet Efendi , late Ambalfador in France , and 
Ibrahim Mutafarrica , the Author of a fmall Trad 
in this Book. The Licence extends to the printing, 
all Sorts of Books written in the Oriental Languages, ex- 
cept fucli as treat of the Mahometan Religion. 
The Book before me feems to be one of the firft 
that ever was printed there. For though Giauhauri 9 s 
Mrabic Dictionary, tranllated into Furhijh, was what 
the Furks deligned, for particular Reafons, to begin 
withal ; yet the Manufcript, from which they printed 
off th£ firft Sheets, was found to be fo incorred, that 
the Gr*and Signor ordered the printing of it to be 
ftopt, ’till a more corred Copy could be procured. 
2 During 
