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    clue by which to penetrate the mystery ; and if the reader be alike unable to give the solution , I hope that he will not allow the account to induce in his mind any degree of scepticism with respect to other portions of this work . "—VoL I . p . 357 . The integral marks of truth are so strongly stamped on the work , that this caution was scarcely necessary , though our

    metaphysics are put upon their mettle to understand this portion of it . The experiments in question were performed by a celebrated ** magician " of Cairo , in presence of Mr Lane , and consisted in bringing before the eyes of a boy emplbyed for the purpose the likeness of certain individuals called for by the author . In Order to guard against any collusion between the magician and the boy , Mr Lane chose the latter from a number of children

    passing by chance from a manufactory . After various ceremonies , and much burning of incense until the fumes became painful to the eyes , a magic square was drawn on the boy ' s hand , and a pool of ink poured into it . Into this ink the boy was ordered to look with intentness , the magician all the while

    holding his hand . Various objects were declared by the boy to appear to him mirrored in the ink , till at length the Soolta ' n ( Sultan ) and a whole encampment of soldiers were said by him to be there present ; but the magician ' s questions led to each appearance . But now for the inexplicable part of the

    performance : — " He now addressed himself to me , and asked me if I wished the boy to see any person who was absent or dead . I named Lord Nelson , of whom the boy had evidently never heard , for it was with much difficulty that he pronounced the name after several trials . The magician desired the boy to say to the Soolta ' n—* My master salutes thee , and desires thee to bring m -m .-r m mm <¦ » ¦ % n . 1 . T «• »•« t that

    Lord Nelson : bring him before my eyes , I may see him speedily . The boy then said so , and almost immediately added , ' A messenger is gone , and has returned , and brought a man dressed in a black * suit of European clothes : the man has lost his left arm . ' He then paused for a moment or two ; and , looking more intently , and more closely , into the ink , said , ' No , he has not lost his left arm ; but it is placed to his breast . ' This correction made his description more striking than it had been

    without it ; since Lord Nelson generally had his empty sleeve attached to the breast of his coat : but it was the right arm that he had lost . Without saying that I suspected the boy had made a mistake , I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink as if actually before the eyes , or as if in a glass , which makes the right appear left . He answered , that they appeared as in a mirror . This rendered the boy ' s description faultleS 8 # "_ Vol . I . p . 354 .

    It may possibly be conjectured that Lord Nelson ' s appearance was known to the magician , who was able to convey it , to Dark blue is called , by the modern Egyptians , ttwed , which property ftlgnfftff black , and U therefore 00 translated here .

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    of the Modern Egyptians . 89

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 89, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/42/