sufferer every four hours--and at the end of two days the disease will
have completely disappeared. The wrack is to be found at the twenty
fathom level, six miles west-south-west of the Scilly Isles.

"In Bright's disease, the mumia of the afflicted should be planted at
1 a.m., with a cutting of sassafras, after the latter has been slept
on, for one whole night, by the sufferer. As soon as the sassafras
begins to rot, the patient will be cured.

"In dropsy, place a hare, that has been strangled, over the diseased
portion of the body, and let it remain there for one hour. Then bury
the hare, together with the mumia of the sick person, and as soon as
the hare begins to decay, the patient will recover.

"In jaundice and liver diseases (apart from sarcoma), plant the mumia
of the afflicted, at 2 a.m., with a cutting of black walnut, and as
soon as the latter begins to decay, the sufferer will get well.

"In all skin diseases, the mumia of the patient must be planted, at
midnight, with a cutting of hickory, and when the latter begins to rot
the disease disappears.

"In all fevers, the mumia must be planted, at 3 a.m., with laurel
cuttings, after the latter have been placed under the bed of the
patient for one night. As soon as the cuttings show signs of rotting,
the fever abates.

"In acute inflammations, diseases of the heart, rheumatism, and
lumbago, the mumia must be buried, at midnight, with a raven that has
been drowned, and placed on a chair by the left side of the patient
for one night. As soon as the raven begins to rot, the patient will be
fully restored to health.

"In cases of insanity, hysteria, and nervous diseases the mumia of the
sufferer must be planted, at 2 a.m., with a cutting of white poplar,
and as soon as the latter shows evidences of decay, the afflicted will
get well.

"In cases of hypochondria, and melancholia, the mumia of the sufferer
must be planted, at 4 a.m., with a crocus, and as soon as the latter
begins to rot, the disease will depart.

"In every case it will be necessary to prelude the performance with
the following invocation--

"'Oh most powerful and prescient Unknown, before whom the greatest of
the Atlanteans prostrate themselves. That was in the Beginning, that
is now and always will be. I conjure thee by the magic symbols of the
club-foot, the hand with the fingers clenched, and the bat, in this
the magical year of Kefana, to extend to me thy wonderful powers of
healing.