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the wonderful steadiness of the wizard throughout the 

 whole performance, which lasted an hour and a half. 

 He did not once appear to move, for he was so close to 

 the skin behind which Captain Lyon sat, that if he had 

 done so he must have perceived it. Captain Lyon did 

 not hear the least rustling of his clothes, or even dis- 

 tinguish his breathing, although his outcries were made 

 with great exertion.* 



* Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, p. 8C3. 





