in a sarcastic or contemptuous manner as to his power, or knowledge of the future for he takes it up & reproves in a very tart manner; & in a way too that conveys no com- fortable ideas to any one present, for they all endeavour to excuse it by saying it is only a Joke, "I know Jokes too; & I can laugh, & understand the nature of laughing as "well as the best amongst you, but such language is unbecoming & I will have no "more of it."--"A half breed one time, _because his father was a french man_ "thought he might go any lengths he pleased with him (the B.)--he replied very "warmly thus: "how durst thou doubt anything I say--Knowest thou not how clearly ""& distinctly objects are discovered & seen in a plain, from an eminence; & my abode is ""is in the regions above--I see every object as distinctly as you see at your feet, doubt ""then no more, & never hereafter call our Power to question."--Aye! replied some of the other "spirits "We not only see _all that you do, however secret &hid you think yourselves_ ""but we also hear every word you utter." If that indeed be the case tell me, where now are, & "when will be here, my fathers Country Men? [The conjuror had been employed to tell "what the people were about as it was long since the time they were expected, & ought to have "arrived, had elapsed]--"Wait! I shall go & see"--& shortly after he returned "They are ""now all asleep at such a place--the weather will be calm tomorrow, & tho' the distance (11) ""distance is great, yet will you see them tomorrow night, for they are as anxious as yourselves"-- "another one said, "Since then ye Spirits pretend to know every thing & are vexed when we call ""any of your sayings in question--come tell me--how long shall I live?--Shall I yet see ""two more winters? "Ha! (laughing replied the same voice) two winters? I see you ""all yet alive two winters hence, every soul that sets here & considerably more; & some of ""you I see crawling with old age""!!!--With some of the Spirits as I've already said the by standers (or setters for they are seated on the Ground round about) are very familiar--The Turtle is one of them, he is very hu- mersome, & their jokes with him were such (for I've heard this myself) as I should have been ashamed to hold even with a bawd--it was pure _ribaldry_: but they durst not doubt him when he speaks seriously; for he is very powerful & makes himself respected when he thinks it necessary. "Who is that, now speaking?" said one of the in- dians (this I was told)--"It is Mihkenach" said the Conjuror--if it be him, prove it "--take him in your hand & show him to us" Now the Conjr. was a very great me- "decin man,--he took the turtle upon his hand, raised the covering of his _box_, "& called them to look--Every one was astonished at his beauty--he was very "small, scarcely more than 2 ins. long. When all had gazed enough the Conjurer