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He went over the whole series a second time, and finally was 

 caught with the bait of the efflated white handkerchief, Ko. 4. 

 There was nothing under. The coins were under Ko. 6. 



Being nothing daunted, but only vexed at missing the shining 

 coin, he consented to a new trial: 



We may notice by the way that his hands were not kept by 

 any means still when the rod turned over, there was plainly an 

 appearance of its being a voluntary act. 



In the next trial the series was as follows, (1) hat — (2) hat — 

 (3) white handkerchief — (4) coloured handkerchief— (5) hat — 

 (6) white handkerchief — (7) coloured handkerchief — (8) hat. 



On trying this time he still showed a partiality for handkerchiefs, 

 (we had always so far hidden the coin under ^sach) but now 

 he varied the colour in his preferences : so had we in fact, the 

 coin was concealed under No. 7. 



The movements of the rod were these — 1, a hat, no sign. 2, a 

 hat, no sign again. 3, a white handkerchief, slight sign, but not 

 a complete turning over of the rod, and he passed on satisfied it 

 was not here. 4, a coloured handkerchief strong sign, the rod 

 turned over repeatedly. 5, a hat, no sign. 6, a white 

 handkerchief, slight sign. 7, a coloured handkerchief, very 

 feeble sign. 8, a hat, no sign. 



He next tried back over the whole series, and with the same 

 results : he seemed to settle on !N"o. 4. The foreman suggested 

 that this chair with its burden should be moved to another part 

 of the room. It was moved accordingly, and the dowser tried it 

 in the new position; there were the same signs, and he confidently 

 chose this one. He lifted up the handkerchief but there was 

 nothing under it. Curiously enough we had chosen a coloured 

 handkerchief, but it was No. 7 where we had placed the coin. 



"We considered these two failures quite enough. From 

 observation of his way of proceeding and movement of the fingers, 

 we became convinced that the turning up of the rod was by no 

 means an involuntary or unconscious act. 



Being considerably disconcerted, our practitioner tried to 



