Not far from the same time a woman was executed as a witch at Bamberg, having, as was often the case, been forced by torture to make a confession. She said that the devil had given her power to send diseases upon those she hated, by saying complimentary things about them, as "What a strong man!" "what a beautiful woman!" "what a sweet child!" It is my own impression that this species of cursing may safely be tried where it does not include a falsehood. Here are two charms which the German witches used to repeat to raise the devil with in the form of a he goat: "Lalle, Bachea, Magotte, Baphia, Dajam, Vagoth Heneche Ammi Nagaz, Adomator Raphael Immanuel Christus, Tetragrammaton Agra Jod Loi. Konig! Konig!" The two last words to be screamed out quickly. This second one, it must be remembered, is to be read backward except the two last words. It was supposed to be the strongest of all, and was used if the first one failed: "Anion, Lalle, Sabolos, Sado, Poter, Aziel, Adonai Sado Vagoth Agra, Jod, Baphra! Komm! Komm!" In case the devil staid too long, he could be made to take himself off by addressing to him the following statement, repeated backward: "Zellianelle Heotti Bonus Vagotha Plisos sother osech unicus Beelzebub Dax! Komm! Komm!" Which would evidently make almost anybody go away. A German charm to improve one's finances was perhaps no worse than gambling in gold. It ran thus: "As God be welcomed, gentle moon-- Make thou my money more and soon!" To get rid of a fever in the German manner, go and tie up a bough of a tree, saying, "Twig, I bind thee; fever, now leave me!" To give your ague to a willow tree, tie three knots in a branch of it early in the morning, and say, "Good morning, old one! I give thee the cold; good morning, old one!" and turn and run away as fast as you can without looking back. Enough of this nonsense. It is pure mummery. Yet it is worth while to know exactly what the means were which in ancient times were relied on for such purposes, and it is not useless to put this matter on record; for just such formulas are believed in now by many people. Even in this city there are "witches" who humbug the more foolish part of the community out of their money by means just as foolish as these. VIII. ADVENTURERS. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PRINCESS CARIBOO; OR, THE QUEEN OF THE ISLES. Bristol was, in 1812, the second commercial city of Great Britain, having in particular an extensive East India trade. Among its inhabitants were merchants, reckoned remarkably shrewd, and many of them very wealthy; and quite a number of aristocratic families, who were looked up to with the abject toad-eating kind of civility that follows "the nobility." On the whole, Bristol was a very fashionable, rich, cultivated, and intelligent place--considering.