medical-notes-003294-086v

kept his law, in force for some Centuryes
but the Inhabitant of Arabia [T?] lying east of th Red Sea are the only
People who have been known to gather extent of
weighing their daily food, this may have [persisted?]
for many Centuries, [symbol?] oz of solid food and a Pint
of Coffee or Camels Milk is their daily allowance
the enjoy uninterrupted health and long life
the numbers who pass the age of 100 is double to
that of any other equal Portion of the Globe
and it is the only spot that has not at some
time or other bound to the Sceptre of a [For] Conquer.
Says the Parole" their epists strong Evidences that their
Customs and habits are derived? handed down from their
Patriant Abraham, who lived to a great age, a
Splending Example of a Temperance and health
The Romans who were the masters and dread of
the world, while they cultivated their Republican
Simplicity of habits -- But they introduced the
Luxuries of the Nations they conquered, and transmited
imbecility and disease to their Posterity, who
were overun by a horde of Barbarians, too
[contempl?] to have given them a weeks work
in the days of their Glory --