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ieur de Chaillu and the gorilla ; that Smith gave the gorilla a cigar and 

 took one himself; and that the two monkeys, i. e., I suppose, Smith ami 

 the gorilla, smoked together ! " 



Mr. Smith bows liis thanks. The first lady repeats w her whim- 



per, to the amazement of the circle. 



The. Di > of the Elemc / 



AN OLD SCOTCH GAME. 



A row of soup-plates is put on the table. One plate holds water, another 

 earth, another air /. e., it is left empty ; in another is a pistol. 



Any lady wishing to learn her future fate is taken from the room and 

 1 ilindfolded ; the plates are moved and change places meantime. Then she 

 is led to the table and told to put her hand on a plate, whichever she 

 chooses, If she puts her finger in the water, it is a sign that she will 

 marry a sailor, or take long voyages : if she touch the earth, she will be a, 

 stay-at-home, or marry a civilian, either a merchant or a professional man; 

 if she touches the empty or air-plate, she will live single, " free as air ; " 

 if she touches the pistol, she will marry a soldier. 



This funny divination can be adapted to gentlemen by making the 

 water represent a fair and fickle wife or long voyage ; the earth, a dark 

 and domestic wife, with a landed inheritance ; the air, or empty plate, <>M 

 bachelorhood ; the pistol, a quarrelsome wife, etc. 



Another and prettier way of playing this game is by arranging three 

 soup-plates on a side table covered with a cloth. In one is clean water ; 

 in another, dirty water ; in the third, earth. 



The inquirer into futurity is blindfolded ; the plates are moved and 

 changed about so that she cannot tell how they stand. Then she is led 

 to the table and puts her hand out, and whichever plate she touches, is 

 significant of her future fate. 



If she touches the clean water, she will marry the man she 1>\ 



If she touehes til-- dirty water, she will marry unhappily. 



If >he finds the earth, >he will die unmarried. The divination can <>{ 

 d by gentlemen. 



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They must .sit in the middle ,f the room with books on their la] 

 whieh they must each luiild a <-ard hous.-. They are not to UttOVC Until 



the three honors are standing to L <eth< 



