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who went on horfe-back on Friday to Giamdere, 
looking upon himfelf paft danger, but^ died next 
Saturday morning. Marfellini’s eldeft fon, 1758, 
thought himfelf fo very well after the eruptions of 
the buboes, that he went from town, and dined at 
Thcrapea, and returned to town the fame evening 
and died, after he had been delirious for fome days 
before, and had had the plaguy fever from the time 
he left Buiukdere about ten days before. 
I make no doubt, Sir, but you are very fenfible, 
that nothing in this country, either air or diet, produces 
the plague, tho' both contribute very much to it’s 
progrefs and violence, after it is brought here or to 
any part of this country from any other infeded 
place ; for you know, by long experience, that it 
rages moft in the hot months ot July, Auguft, and 
September, when the diet of moft of the poor in- 
habitants (who are the greateft fufferers by the plague) 
confifts of unripe fruits, cucumbers, melons, gourds, 
grapes, &c. 
The plague breaks out here and at Smyrna fomeyears, 
when it is not poffible to trace whence it is conveyed ; 
for fome houfes, which were infeded, and not well 
cleaned after the infeded perfon is removed, lodge 
fome of the venemous moleculae in wool, cotton, 
hair, leather or (kins, &c. all winter long ; which, 
put in motion by the heat in April or May, breathe 
out of their nidus/ where they refided, and recover 
fo much life and adion, as to enter into the cutaneous 
pores of any perfon, who comes within their reach, 
and fo infed him ; as it happened at the French pa- 
lace, at Mr. Hubfch’s and at Caraja’s houfe, for 
two or three years running. But plagues of this kind 
feldom 
