"& pulling of me with all their might, & also had the assistance of the women, "could not keep me quiet: I was constantly springing forward, rushing hither & "thither & absolutely (i.e. totally) deprived of my faculties for I have not yet "the least knowledge of what I was doing, so great was my horor in ob- "serving this conjuring tent. At last a friendly spirit interfered & forbad the "conjuror at his peril to do any thing to my Soul, but allow it to return im- "mediately. He was afraid for his own life & durst not disobey--he let _it_ go. I cannot tell you how happy I was felt & so easy--The distance was great indeed-- but I soon flew back & re-entered my body; when I became entirely composed (28) "But I had been so dreadfully agitated that I found myself in a profuse sweat, my whole "frame so shaken, debilitated, & weake, that for several days I could not move but with pain. "Heh! said I, what a narrow escape!--The other indians asked what ailed me? I told them "where _I_ had been--they would scarcely credit; but in the ensuing summer upon enquiry "they found it true; & were now fully convinced that this Power doth lodge with indi- "ians"! They represent the soul as being small: not very dissimilar in size & shape from the yolk of a large Hen, or duck, Egg:--some of them very hard, & much of the na- ture & substance of a stone, but still not of that substance; & others again much more soft & tender: some are easily _kept_ & bruised, but others are with difficulty taken & continually in motion; but all are extremely impatient of restraint & cannot bear it; & confinement is death to the body from which it has issued! Some conjurors possessing sufficient power, & influence, take a soul, if they want to destroy the body, (in the conjuring box or tent) & wrapping it in a piece of leather, rub & bruise it between both hands 'till they destroy its subtility or subtilty. As soon as it comes within view of the conjuring tent its agonies are ter- rible as also those of the body, however distant that may be; but as soon as its motion is destroyed the body dies likewise. Others again, take it & put it in a Jappand Tobacco box, & tie the lid or cover securely tied with a _womans_ Garter, from whence, if not loosened by someone it can never escape--any other lashing is not, anything near, so completely effectual as this: reflect, & you will guess immediately the reasons they give. As I do not know latin, & you dont understand indian I must suppress this & many other things. Others again take a different method, thus: But by-the-bye, this has but very little relation to the Soul. I shall therefore refer it 'till afterwards & give you another Story as received from a Canadian an eye witness. He was passing the winter with the indians & one night the head man of the tent he lodged in gave a feast. He was in the habit of doing it & was himself ap-