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closing his Hand all the while; at last they returned to their 

 former shape and length; at which the European Spectators 

 were much surprized, some of them confidently athrmed, 

 that they heard something answer him whilst he muttered 

 some Words, though there was nothing to be seen. The 

 Doctor told the Company that the King would recover, and 

 that his Disorder would remove into his Leg, that it would 

 be much inflam'd and swell'd, which happened exactly as 

 he foretold. 



They also conjure for stollen Goods, though Robbery and 

 Theft are not common Vices amongst them, yet they are 

 sometimes guilty of these Crimes; and steal Ronoak and 

 Deer Skins from each other : when thev cannot discover the 

 Thief, they immediately send for the Conjurer to find him 

 out, and as soon as he appears, he begins after the following 

 manner. First he orders three Fires to be made after a 

 triangTilar Form, which is accordingly done ; he is then hood- 

 winked very securly with a Deer Skin, doubled two or three 

 times, over his Face ; when this is done, he is placed in the 

 center of the three Fires: after he has made some Motions 

 (as always these Conjurers do) he went directly out of one 

 of the three gaps of the Fire, as directly as if he could see, 

 muttering to himself, having a Stick in his Hand, with 

 which, after some time, he gives two strokes very hard upon 

 the Ground, and made thereon a kind of Cross, after which 

 he told them the ^ame of the Person that had stolen the 

 Goods, and said he would have a Mark like a Cross on his 

 Back, which proved accordingly, for when he was taken and 

 search'd, there appeared two great Wheals on his Back one 

 cross the other. 



There are several other Stories of this IN'ature, which the 

 most substantial and credible Planters in these parts affirm 

 for Truth, and that they have been Eye-witnesses to. They 



also 



