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house, performed certain ceremonies about a cauldron of fire, prayed 
abundantly, and, having received the reward of his labours, departed, 
well satisfied with the part he had acted. From hence I collected, that 
there were charms suited to the priests, as well as daemons of Bootan; 
and that there is hardly an evil under heaven, for which gold, pro¬ 
perly applied, cannot produce an effectual remedy. However, it was 
not long before Mr. Saunders’s fever took a favourable turn, and we 
had the pleasure shortly after to see him perfectly recover,. 
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