NORTHERN OCEAN. £93 
fented to fwallow a broad bayonet. Accordingly, 1991. 
a conjuring-howfe was erected in the manner ee 
above defcribed, into which the patient was con- 
veyed, and.he was foon followed by the conjurer, 
who, after a long preparatory difeourfe, and the 
neceflary conference with his familiar fpirits, or 
‘fhadows, as they call them, advanced to the door 
‘and afked for the bayonet, which wasthenready xh, 
prepared, by having a ftring faftened to it, and a 
fhort piece of wood tied to the other end of the 
firing, to prevent him from {wallowing it. I 
could not help obferving that the length of the 
bit of wood was not more than the breadth of 
the bayonet : however, as it anfwered the intend- 
ed purpofe, it did equally well as if it had been as 
long as a hand{fpike. 
Though I am not fo credulous as to believe that 
the conjurer abfolutely fwallowed the bayonet, 
yet I muft acknowledge that in the twinkling of 
an eye he conveyed it to—God knows where; 
and the {mall piece of wood, or one exactly like 
it, was confined clofe to his teeth. He then pa- 
_ Fadéd backward and forward before the conjur- 
ing-houfe for a fhort time, when he feigned to be 
greatly difordered in his ftomach and bowels ; 
and, after making many wry faces, and groaning 
moft hideoufly, he put his body into feveral di- 
ftorted attitudes, very fuitable to the occafion. He 
then. returned to the door of the conjuring-houfe, 
and after making many ftrong efforts to vomit, 
by the help of the ftring he at length, and after 
tugging at it fome time, produced the bayonet, 
O which 
