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A JOURNEY TO THE 
but that the fpirit which attended the man who 
pretended to {wallow the piece of wood, they 
faid, generally appeared to him in the fhape of a 
cloud. This I thought very a-propos to the pre- | 
fent occafion; and I muft confefs that I never | 
had fo thick a cloud thrown before my eyes be- 
fore or fince; and had it not been by accident, 
- that I faw him make a counterpart to the piece of | 
him, when they foon began to fuck, blow, fing, 
wood faid to be fwallowed, I fhould have been | 
fill at a lofs how to account for fo extraordinary 
a piece of deception, performed by a man who> 
was entirely naked. | 
As foon as our conjurer had executed the above 
feat, and entered the conjuring-houfe as already 
mentioned, five other men and an old woman, | 
all of whom were great profeflors of that art, — 
ftripped themfelves quite naked and followed 
and dance, round the poor paralytic; and conti- 
nued fo to do for three days and four nights, 
without taking the leaft reft or refrefhment, not 
even fo much as a drop of water.. When thefe 
poor deluding and deluded people came out of - 
the conjuring-houfe, their mouths were fo parch- | 
ed with thirft as to be quite black, and their | 
throats fo fore, that they were fcarcely able to. 
articulate a fingle word, except thofe that ftand 
for yes and vo in their language. | 
After fo long an abftinence they were very cares 
ful not to eat or drink too much at one time, 
particularly for the firft day ; and indeed fome of — 
them, 
