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came, to be a very little man, and so old, that liis 

 liair was as white as ever was seen. When he ap- 

 proached the sick king, he ordered a bowl of wa- 

 ter to be brought him and three chunks of wood, 

 which was immediately done. Then he took the 

 water and set it by him, and spurted a little on 

 him, and with the three pieces of wood he made a 

 place to stand on, whereby he was raised higher ; 

 he being a very low statured man ; then he took 

 a string of ronoak, which is the same as a string 

 of small beads ; this he held by one end between 

 his fingers ; the other end touched the king's 

 stomach, as he stood on the logs. Then he began 

 to talk, and, at length, the bystanders thought 

 really that they heard somebody talk to him, but 

 saw no more than what first came in. At last, 

 this string of beads, which hung thus perpendicu- 

 lar, turned up as an eel would do, and without 

 any motion of his, they came all up, in a lump, 

 under his hand, and hung so for a considerable 

 time, he never closing his hand, and at length re- 

 turned to their pristine length and shape, at which 

 the spectators were much frightened. Then he 

 told the company that he would recover, and that 

 his distemper would remove into his leg, all which 

 happened to be exactly as the Indian doctor had 

 told. These are matters of fact, and, I can, at 

 this day, prove the truth thereof by several sub- 

 stantial evidences that are men of reputation, there 

 being more than a dozen people present when this 

 was performed ; most of whom are now alive. 



