190 FORM OF INVOCATION. 



■which he professed to accomplish the object of 

 the experiment. On being requested he readily 

 fm-nished copies of these, at the same time 

 explaining that his object was accomplished 

 through the influence of the two first words, 

 Tarshiui and Taryooslmn^ which he said were 

 the names of two genii, his familiar spirits. 

 The following is a translation of the words : — 



^' Tarshun ! Taryooshun ! 

 Come down — come down ! 

 Be present. 

 Whither are gone the prince and his troops ? 

 Where are El Akmar the prince and his troo^DS ? 

 Be present, ye servants of these names, and this 



is the removal and we have removed from thee 



thy veil, and thy sight to-day is piercing. 



Correct. Correct." 

 Having written these, the magician cuts off the 

 paper containing the form of invocation, from 

 that upon which the other charm was writ- 

 ten, and cuts the former into six slips. He 

 then explained that the object of the latter 

 charm, which contains part of the Soorat Kaf^ 

 or 50th chapter of the Koran, was to open 

 the boy's eyes in a supernatural manner, and 



