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aid that he was going to amuse us, for that he was 

 a great jadoo-wallah, (magician.) I noticed, how- 

 ever, that, during the course of the performance, he 

 (the doll) received several cuffs if some of the feats 

 of skill did not succeed the first time. 



The juggler then passed round a common-looking 

 white stone for our inspection, and then gave it to 

 a pretty little dancing-girl who was sitting close to 

 me. She closed her hand on it, and, after he had 

 touched her with his wand, he told her to open it, 

 and it was found full of white sand. 



He then called a very black musician, and remov- 

 ing his turban, made him sit down near him ; then 

 taking a pinch of the sand, rubbed it down his 

 forehead, leaving a bright yellow mark. A second 

 pinch produced a blue, a third a red, and so on, 

 every pinch producing a different colour. He then ■ 

 told the girl to close her hand, which he again 

 touched with his wand, and the sand was turned 

 into a small live snake, which the little woman 

 threw down with a loud cry, which awoke the 

 Doctor, who had fallen asleep on his chair near me, 

 and caused him to stretch his legs and arms, and 

 rub his eyes for some time before he knew where he 

 was. " Ugh ! ugh ! ugh ! " he exclaimed, starting 

 to his feet with a grunt of amazement, " I must 

 surely ha' been dreaming, for I thought that auld 

 vixen of a bear was after me, and, ugh ! but she 

 was no just a cannie customer, coming tearing and 

 rampaging after a puir body wi' her lugs in th' air 



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