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. Among the Illinoisy and fome other Nations, they make little 

 Marmo/ets to reprefent thofe whofe Days they would Ihor ten, and 

 which they ftab to the H^art. At other Times they take a Stone, 

 and by the Means of fome Invocations they pretend to form one 

 like it, in the Heart of their Enemy. I am perfuaded this fel- 

 dom happens, unlefs the Devil is concerned in it ; however, 

 they are fo afraid of Magicians, that theleaft Sufpicion is enough 

 to caufe whoever is the leaft fufpe6ted of being fuch, to be cut to 

 Pieces. Yet though this Profeflion is fo dangerous, there are 

 People to be found every where, who have no other. It is alfo 

 true that the moil fenfiblc, and the leaft credulous of thofe who 

 have been moft converfant with the Savages ; do allow that 

 there is fome times fome Reality in their Magic. 



Why ftiould thefe Infidels, Madam, be the only People in 

 whom we fhould not difcover the Operation of the Devil ? and 

 what other Mafter but this mifchievous Spirit, ^/po uoas a Mur- 

 derer from the Beginning (a)^ could have taught fo many People, 

 who have had no Correfpondence with each other, an Art, which 

 we cannot look upon as abfolutely trifling, without contradi6ling 

 the facred Writings ? We muft therefore acknowledge, that the 

 Infernal Powers have fome Agents upon Earth, but that God has 

 confined their Malignity within very narrow Limits ; and per- 

 mits but feldom, that we Ihould feel the Effeéls of the Power he 

 has thought fit to leave to them only to make it fubferve, fome- 

 times to his Juftice, and fometimes to his Mercy. 



We may fay much the fame of the Jugglers of Ca?iada, who 

 . fy.r-.i ; makc a Profeffion of corrcfpouding Only wlth 

 ^/ Jm^^'^'^ what they call the beneficial Genii, and who 

 boaft of knowing by their Means whatever pafies in the moft dif-. 

 tant Countries, and whatever lhall come to pafs in the moft dif- 

 tant Ages ; and who pretend to difcover the Rife and Nature of 

 the moft hidden Difeafes, and to have the Secret of curing them; 

 to difcern in the moft intricate AiFairs what Refolution it is beft 

 to take ; to explain the moft obfcure Dreams, to obtain Succefs to 

 the moft difiicult Undertakings ; to render the Gods propitious 

 to Warriors and Hunters. Thefe pretended good Genii, are 

 like all the Pagan Deities, real Devils, who receive Homages 

 that are due only to the true God, and whofe Deceits are ftill 

 more dangerous than thofe of the evil Genii, becaufe they con- 

 tribute more to keep their Worftiippers in Blindoefs, 



It is certain, that amongft their Agents the boldeft are the 



*moft refpedled ; and with a little Artifice, they eafiJy perfuade 

 People who are brought up in Superftition. Tho' they have feen 



(a) John viii. 44. 



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