4 z6 LETTER S. 
I intend next fpring to fee firfb Palaeftine, 
then Syria, mount Lebanon, and other remarka> 
ble places ; 1 hope to perform this tour with greater 
eafe, in a country where the Franks are more re- 
garded, and are at more liberty. 1 with I had been 
empowered to purchafe Arabian manufc ipts for 
our library, as the moft curious are to be i]ad here 
at a reafonable rate. Other nations have got e- 
nough from hence •, through the acquaintance I 
have made with fome learned Arabians, I have 
got fome on Phyfic and Natural Hiftory. I 
could with much eafe ferve our Library in this af- 
fair, if I were defired and fupplied wherewith to 
do it. I remain, &c. 
A List of the Obfervations which Dr. Hafielquift 
made, and had already finifhed, and were by 
him defigned for Profelfor Linnaeus. 
1. Obfervations and remarks on the Tape-worm 
in Egypt. 
2. The caufe of the Egyptians difeajes of the 
eyes. 
3. The defcription of a kind of eruption or 
fcab at the flowing of the Nile. 
4. Of the balfam of Mecca, its country, the 
method of knowing it, with its ufes in the Eaft> 
its adulteration, and a defcription of the tree. 
5. The ufe of the Mumies for phyfic in Egypt. 
6. An unexpected ufe' of Gum arable , when it 
for the fpace of two months fupported feveral 
thoufand fouls. 
7. The preparation of Sal armonaic in Egypt* 
fent to the Royal Academy of Sciences. 
8. The preparation of Cajfia fiflula. 
9. The ufe of locufts for food in Egypt. 
10. The 
