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this fubjed, which was greatly applauded. But I 
prefume, that the French will be a long time in 
adopting the pradice of inoculation. The clergy 
there throw a terrible obftacle in its way. 
CI. ExtraS of a Letter from Conftantino- 
pie, of the 16th September 1754, from 
Murdock Mackenzie, M. JD. concerning 
the late Earthquake there. 
Read Dec. 14, N the 2d inftant we had a terrible 
1 7:5 4 V^/ (hock of an earthquake about three- 
quarters after nine at night, which moved from eaft 
to weft, and has done a great deal of mifchief here, 
and in the neighbourhood. I fhall only mention 
what I have leen. 
Four of the feven towers are much hurt; one of 
them, which is an odagon, has two of its fides 
thrown down from top to bottom. It is faid feveral 
of the Janifaries, who were upon guard there, are 
killed. The three other of the four are much (hat- 
ter d, and part of the walls fallen down. All the 
turrets upon the city-wall, from the feven towers to 
the Adrianople-gate, are much (hatter’d, though 
none fallen : all the cupolas of the portico of Sultan 
Mahomet the lid’s mofque are thrown down : the 
Sickergee Han, a ftrong ftone building near the above 
mofque, is quite deftroyed : fome part of the wall 
of the Cara Han is thrown down : one bagnio is 
quite fallen, and many people faid to be deftroyed 
in it. The Cautirligee Han is quite down ; and the 
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