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Of course, said Lascelles. ByJOHN WATERBURY, Lord PORTISHEAD, with an Account ofthe Magic done in the late Peninsular War: By JONATHANSTRANGE, Magician-in-Ordinary to His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. He drew the water out ofthe well in a sort of fountain; and then, before the fountain could spill on theground, he forced it to take on the clumsy semblance of a man. But on the rare occasions when anyonenew comes to the house, it always excites her to these outlandish speeches.

t no such thing! But, Mr Strange, reasoned the gentle Lord Portishead, you cannotpossibly mean this. Four nights agotwo men met secretly in a little graveyard upon a hillside not far fromCastrejon. A stone asked him a question and he answered it in its own language. It was not that theirtreatments granted the King any relief from his torments - they did not.