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series of questions the would-be spirit waved the bundle 

 of incense sticks which had been given to him back and 

 forth like a fan; at times placing the whole bunch of sticks 

 (there must have been a dozen or twenty of them) into his 

 mouth and holding them thus between his lips for half a 

 minute. When he took them out they were still burning, 

 and his features endeavoured to show that he liked the 

 flavour. 



During the whole time of his possession the eyes of the 

 t'ung-tzu were all but closed, generally only the whites of 

 the eyes being visible. At times it could be seen that the 

 eyeballs were turned to the left, at times to the right; they 

 never looked straight in front. He occasionally made a 

 sort of click with his teeth. 



At the close the t'ung-t'ou was informed that there was 

 nothing more to ask of the "Prince," who might retire. 

 The t'ung-tzu then did another dance, or series of jumps 

 round the room, followed by a "faint." A few passes 

 apparently sufficed to bring him to, and the seance was at 

 an end. 



