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the hole ; she lowered it into the water, face and all 

 below the surface. She so remained for nearly a 

 minute. All the while we could see, from the agita- 

 tion of the water, that her head was moving. Then 

 she raised her head, and there was the ring, or one 

 precisely similar, again in her nose. How the trick 

 was effected I cannot imagine. It was evidently one 

 of very difficult performance, for the girl, when she 

 raised her head from the water, seemed to be much 

 exhausted. 



In regard to the tricks performed by the Jogees 

 before the Emperor Jehangire, I may mention a curious 

 circumstance. One of the tricks, so far as I am aware, 

 is now quite unknown in India ; but of late years it 

 has, I believe, been exhibited as a novelty in Europe. 

 The trick was this. One of the Jogees produced a 

 book ; he turned over the leaves, they were all blank ; 

 he turned them over again, and on each appeared a 

 coloured picture. 



