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degree of ftiffnefs in the joint, as I have very lately 
had an opportunity of informing myfelf. 
During the whole time of the cure, I made ufe of 
emollient fomentations, drefled the wounds fuper- 
fcially, and continued the pultice of ftrong-beer 
grounds and oatmeal, which were the only me- 
thods taken in furgery for his relief. 
Hatton-Garden, 
Jan. 3 1 , 1755* 
LX ill. ExtraS? of a Letter from Mr. Wil- 
liam Pye, dated Manilla, OCl. 1 Lb, 1754, 
to his Brother in London. Communicated 
to Mr. Benj. Wilfon, F. R. S. by the Hon. 
Mr. Barrington. 
Read Jan. 29, v Will now give you fome defcription of 
I75b - 1 th is place. Manilla is one of the 
largeft of the Philippine iflands, and the city is 
much larger than Oxford, and has two univerfities 
in it, and is inhabited only by Spaniards. Thehoufes 
are large, and built very ftrong ; the ground-floor is 
done ; the walls of a prodigious thicknefs ; all above 
is wood, and fo contrived, that every piece of timber 
has a connection with each other, all over the houfe : 
they are let into one another, and joined together, 
that the earthquakes, which are very terrible and 
frequent, may not throw them down. r l he con- 
vents are likewife very ftrong and handfome. The 
fuburbs are very extenfive, and well inhabited. 
In 
