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dirt and greese evidently of old standing
as if [word crossed out] it had been handled by their dirty
hands, & kept in one of their dirty letter
bags for some time. I then exclaimed
this does not look at all is if it had
come from any one's body just now
greeze
do you see that it has [word crossed out] old finger
marks it would not look so if it
[word crossed out] had come just now from any body's
stomach. This caused a hearty laugh
among my young men & they seemed
to comprehend the delusion practised.
On another occasion something more
plausible was practised. I heard
that something very important was going
on [word crossed out] at the camp at the dusk of [indecipherable]
I went to witness it. There was a young
man lying on the ground as if lifeless,
whether he was in a fit, or merely the willing
instrument of some delusive imposition
I soon would ascertain. But men & women
were standing round in rows in solemn
[word crossed out] silence & anxious expectation, And