FEATS OF ECKEBERG. 

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placed upon his breast, a man hammered with all his force 



the piece of iron B, with a sledge-hammer, and sometimes 



Fig. 53. 



tw o smiths cut in two with chisels a great cold bar of iron 

 laid upon the anvil. At other times a stone of huge 

 dimensions, half of which is shown at C, was laid upon his 

 belly, and broken with a blow of the great hammer. 

 4. The performer then placed his shoulders upon one 



