Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-17

| ratve but as he is an uDcommcnIy acute saga-
cious, coo-hended traveller, and scripuously &C
curate witha ms every traveller since his time ties.
titles, we know not what 10 make of it, unless that
The cunning men Of Egypt bnvo LOST but little OF
the dark science which enabled theni in the days
of Moses, to work such wonders as only miracles
! could surpass.
a few days aGer my first arrvnl in Egypt"
| says Mr.. Lane the traveller, "my curiosity was
excited on the subject of magic by circumstance
related to mo by Mr.. Solt, our consul General /:
| Having hnG reason to believe that one of his SER
wants thief, from the fact of several articles
| OF property having been stolen from his house. he
sent for The celebrated Mughrebee magician, with
| The view OF illuminating ihefd, and causing the
guilty one If any Of them were guilty. TO confess
| his crime. The magician cHme, and said that he
would cause the exact image Of the person who
| had committed the theft TO appear to any youth
not arrived at the aye Of puberty and desired the
master OF the house to call in any hoy whom he
| might choose. As several boys were then EN-
ployed in garden adjacent TO the house, one Of
them was called for this purpose. In the palm of
this boys hand the magician drew, with pen, a
certain diagram, in the centre of which he poured
little ink Into this ink he desired the boy
steadiaslly to look, He then burned some incense
aud several bits Of papers with charms and at
the same time called for various objects to appear
| in the ink. The boy declared lie saw all these OBJ
| jecis, aud last Of all the image Of the guilty per.
| son lie described his stature, countenance and
dress said that he knew him and directly ran
down into the garden and apprehended one of the
| laborers, who when brought before the master
Immediately confessed that he was the thief.
The strips of paper were inscribed with
| certain forms of ncnntalion, such as 'Turshon'
and 'Turyooshoon,' which, he said were tho
names of two genii, his familiar spirits. | com.
| pared the copies tsuys Mr. Lane) with the origi-
nails, and found they have exactly agreed. The
! following is translation -
The boy, on the present occasion, was brought
| in 10y Mr.. Lanes desire from among n parcel OF
boys in the street, returning from mandatory,
and had therefore no previous communication
with the old Magus.--The preparation being com.
| plsted, with all the accompanying nummery, aud
after muuering ndstinctly few words he then
nsked him (the boy) If he saw any thing in the
ink: and was answered No J; but about minute
| after, the boy, trembling, and seeming much
| frightened, said, | see man sweeping the
ground. when he has done sweeping' said the
magician, tell me- Presently the boy said, he
| has done The magician then again interrupted
his muttering to ask The boy if he knew what n
beyruck Cor flag was, aud oelng answered yes
desired him to say bring flag The boy did
so, and soon said, he has brought flag what
color is it |" asked the magician; the boy replied,
Red He was told TO call Tor another flag, which
he did, and soon after he said he saw another
! brought and it was black. In like manner he
was told to call for a third, fourth, filth, sixth and
seventh, which he described as being successive
ly brought before him, specifying their colors ms
white, green, Glack, red and blue, The magician
then asked him, las he did also each time a new
flag was brought,) How many flags have you now
| before you" Severn answered the hoy. While
this was going on, The magician put lie second
and third oil the small strips OF paper upon which
| the forms Of invocation were written, into cha
fling dish and fresh frapkucense and coriander
seed having been repeatedly added, the fumes be.
came painful to the eyes When the boy had de-
scribed the seven flags appearing to him. he WINS
desired TO say, Bring the the Sooltans tent and
| pitch it, This he did and in about minute af-
Ter he said, some men have brought n tent-a
large grecu tent; they are pitching il : and pres
emily he added, they have set it up Now
said The magician, 'order the soldiers come and
pitch their tent around the tent OF the Sooan.
The boy did as he desired, AVID Immediately
said, Il see great many soldiers with their tents
they have pitched their tents He was then told
to order that the soldiers should he drawn M in
ranks and having done so, he presently said that
be saw them thus arranged. The magician had
put the fourth oil the little strips of paper into the
chafng dish and soon after he had done The same
with the filth. He now said, Tell some of the
people 10 bring Il BULL The hoy gave the direc-
ton required, and said, / see a bull il is red
four men are dragging it along, aud three are beat
ing it,. lie was told TO desire them TO kill il and
cut it Upland to put the meat in savcepans, uuJ
bed these operations us apparently performed be
fore his eyes. Tell The soldiers said the magi
clan, to eat it, The boy did SO, and said, they
are eating they have done, and are washing
their hands, The magician told him TO call foi
tho Sooltan; and the hoy having done this, said
u see the Sooltan riding to his tent on bay
horse, and he has on his head high red cap he
has aighled at his tent, and sat down within il.
Desire them to bring coffee the Sooltan,' salt
the magician, and 10 form the court These or
ders were gwen by the boy, and he said that he saw
them performed.
He now addressed himself to me, and nsked IN,
If wished the boy 10 see any person who was all
sent or dead. | named lord Nelson, of whom thu
hoy had evidently never heard Tor it was will
much dihcnlly that he pronounced the name, at
ter several trials. The magician desired tho boz
to say to the Soollan-' My master salutes thee
aud desires thee to bring Lord Nelson; bring hin
before my eyes, that may see him speedily, TIL,
boy then did so, almost Immediately A essen
ger has gone, and has returned, and brought
man dressed in black suit of European clothes
the man has lost his left ARM lie then pauset
Tor moment or two, and looking more intenl
and more closely into the ink, said, No, be ha
not lost his left arm, bur it is placed on his breast
This correction made his description more sIrk
ing tIan II had been without it, since Lord Mel
!. son generally had the empty sleeve attached TO tn
is breast of his cont but il was the RIGHT arm tina
$ he had lost. Without saying that suspected tn
% poy nav hluue Hsuhe, hsked Inc magician
r the objects appeared in The ink as ii actually be
= fore tho eye, or as if in glass which makes tn
" right appear LETT. ie answered That they appear
" ed MS III mirror. This rendered the boys de
i sciiptlon faullless
/. The next person. | called for was a native o
st Egypt, who has been for many years resident il
r. England, where he has adopted our dress, an,
Of who had been long confined TO his bed by lines
before embarked for this country thought hi
name, one not very uncommon in Egypt, nigh
a make the boy describe him incorrect though an
J. other boy, on The former wish of the magician, ha,
= described this person as wearing an European
o dress, like that in which last saw him. In tn,
} present case the boy said, Here is man brough
d on kind of bier, and wrapped up in a sheet
This description would suit, supposng the person
in question to be still confined to his bed or if h,