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6. The last, and apparently the most wonderful, per- 

 formance of the German is shown in Fig. 57, where he 



Fig. 57. 



appears to raise a cannon A, placed upon a scale, the 

 four ropes of the scale being fixed to a rope or chain 

 attached to his girdle in the manner already described. 

 Previous to the fixing of the ropes, the cannon and scale 

 rest upon two rollers B C, but when all is ready, the 

 two rollers are knocked from beneath the scale, and the 

 cannon is sustained by the strength of his loins. 



The German also exhibited his strength in twisting 

 into a screw a flat piece of iron like A, Fig. 58. He 

 first bent the iron into a right angle as at B, and then 

 wrapping his handkerchief about its broad upper end, ho 



