CHAPTER XVII.--THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS SHOWN UP ONCE MORE.--THE SPIRITUALIST BOGUS BABY.--A LADY BRINGS FORTH A MOTIVE FORCE.--"GUM" ARABIC.--SPIRITUALIST HEBREW.--THE ALLEN BOY.--DR. RANDALL.--PORTLAND EVENING COURIER.--THE FOOLS NOT ALL DEAD YET. 145 III. TRADE AND BUSINESS IMPOSITIONS. CHAPTER XVIII.--ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD.--ADULTERATIONS OF LIQUOR.--THE COLONEL'S WHISKEY.--THE HUMBUGOMETER. 152 CHAPTER XIX.--ADULTERATIONS IN DRINKS.--RIDING HOME ON YOUR WINE-BARREL.--LIST OF THINGS TO MAKE RUM.--THINGS TO COLOR IT WITH.--CANAL-BOAT HASH.--ENGLISH ADULTERATION LAW.--EFFECT OF DRUGS USED.--HOW TO USE THEM.--BUYING LIQUORS UNDER THE CUSTOM-HOUSE LOCK.--HOMOEOPATHIC DOSE. 160 CHAPTER XX.--THE PETER FUNKS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.--THE RURAL DIVINE AND THE WATCH.--RISE AND PROGRESS OF MOCK AUCTIONS.--THEIR DECLINE AND FALL. 167 CHAPTER XXI.--LOTTERY SHARKS.--BOULT AND HIS BROTHERS.--KENNETH, KIMBALL & COMPANY.--A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION WANTED FOR BUSINESS.--TWO SEVENTEENTHLIES.--STRANGE COINCIDENCE. 175 CHAPTER XXII.--ANOTHER LOTTERY HUMBUG.--TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY RECIPES.--VILE BOOKS.--"ADVANTAGE-CARDS."--A PACKAGE FOR YOU; PLEASE SEND THE MONEY.--PEDDLING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 182 CHAPTER XXIII.--A CALIFORNIA COAL MINE.--A HARTFORD COAL MINE.--MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN CANAL ON THE ISTHMUS. 189 IV. MONEY MANIAS. CHAPTER XXIV.--THE PETROLEUM HUMBUG.--THE NEW YORK AND RANGOON PETROLEUM COMPANY. 195 CHAPTER XXV.--THE TULIPOMANIA. 204 CHAPTER XXVI.--JOHN BULL'S GREAT MONEY HUMBUG.--THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE IN 1720. 213 CHAPTER XXVII.--BUSINESS HUMBUGS.--JOHN LAW.--THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME.--JOHNNY CRAPAUD AS GREEDY AS JOHNNY BULL. 221 V. MEDICINE AND QUACKS. CHAPTER XXVIII.--DOCTORS AND IMAGINATION.--FIRING A JOKE OUT OF A CANNON.--THE PARIS EYE WATER.--MAJENDIE ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.--OLD SANDS OF LIFE. 232 CHAPTER XXIX.--THE CONSUMPTIVE REMEDY.--E. ANDREWS, M. D.--BORN WITHOUT BIRTHRIGHTS.--HASHEESH CANDY.--ROBACK THE GREAT.--A CONJUROR OPPOSED TO LYING. 237 CHAPTER XXX.--MONSIGNORE CRISTOFORO RISCHIO; OR IL CRESO, THE NOSTRUM-VENDER OF FLORENCE.--A MODEL FOR OUR QUACK DOCTORS. 242 VI. HOAXES. CHAPTER XXXI.--THE TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET GHOST.--SPIRITS ON THE RAMPAGE. 251 CHAPTER XXXII.--THE MOON HOAX. 259