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ridiculous than the former, and differing merely in
name.
  " All lighet being excluded, the sorcerer began chant-
ing with great vehemence. He then, as far as I could
perceive, began turning himself rapidly round, and in a
loud, powerful voice vociferated for Tornrga (the name of
his familiar spirit) with great impatience, at the same
time blowing and snorting like a walrus. His noise,
impatience, and agitation, increased every moment, and
he at lenzrth seated himself on the deck, varving his



tones,
denly
as to
ment



, and
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7
sour
beco



idea of bei
entirely.
had dived



making a rustling
voice seemed smoth
Ad as if re reating bi
ruing more distant,
rig many feet below
His wife now infor
under the shrip, an



Tornaa. Accordingal
ing was heard, very
which differed from
times mingled with 1



y in abou
slowly O
that we
the blow



with his clothes. Sud-
tered, and was so managed
eneath the deck, each mo-
and ultimately giving the
'the cabin, when it ceased
med me, that the conjurer
d that he would send up
it a minute, a distant blow-
ipproachinge, and a voice,
had at first heard, was at
ji] g, until at length both



sounds became distinct, and tihe old woman told me
Tornaa was come to answer my questions. I accord -
ingly asked several questions of the sagacious spirit, to
to each of which 1 received an answer by two loud slaps
on the deck, which I was given to understand were fa-
vorable. A very hollow, yet powerful voice, certainly
much different from that of the conjurer's, now chanted
for some time; a jumble of hisses, groans, shouts, and
gobblings like a turkey, succeeded in rapid order, when
the spirit asked permission to retire. The voice then
gradually sank from our hearing as at first, and a very
in istinct hissing succeeded, (in its advance it sounded
like the tone produced by the wind on the base chord of
an Eolian harp,) this was soon changed to a rapid hiss
like that of a rocket, and the conjurer with a yell an-
nounced his return."
   Santini tells us that prophets of the same kind are



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