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begins to grasp the rod firmly, rEe angers are drawn tightly 
upon the rod, and it takes this for 
ower extremities outward. The diviner, holding the twig 
carefully in this manner, moves onwar 
creeping step. In due time the head of the fork turns down- 
ards, and, | coming to point perpendicularly to the earth, 
marks the site of the fountain or ore. 
The action of the rod under these circumstances, is a fact 
plain to the vision of every beholder. Those who hold it, 
are oftentimes men in whose hands we would without hesita- 
tion intrust os property and reputation: and no doubt they 
are wholly unconscious of the power, which excites the ac- 
tion of the oe but they conhdenhy believe it proceeds from 
hidden We Ss or minerals in the bowels of the 
From north to south, from east - west, the divining rod has 
its advocates. Menin various callings, men above the reach 
of mean arts, men of the soundest pee of large informa- 
tion, and St. the | most exemplary li ive S, do not disown the art, 
and whe , rarely if ever, is it made the 
means ate extortion by the meanest professor. Literati 
Doctors, in want of fountains for their domestic use, do not 
disdain to call for the demonstrations of the divining rod, and 
will, in some instances, acknowledge the aecordance of the 
results with the prow s declarations of the diviner. 
there be a — ivine Ives are the first de- 
ceived, and the greatest duped But how can they be deceiv- 
ed? They hold the rod steadily in both their hands—in the 
diagram, the point of the rod is turned towards the heavens. 
