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and affirmed that I had covered that part of the lad's 

 forehead with which he did see. Then the credulous 

 fools in the audience fell foul of me for being so 

 cruel. Of course I threw the thing up and resumed 

 my seat. The next day a few medical friends met 

 the two fellows at their hotel and plugged each 

 of the boy's eyes with small balls of cobbler's 

 wax ; the clairvoyant's vision at once terminated, 

 they left, and no more was afterwards heard of 

 them. 



