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with those they call Subterranean Mortals, or in other words according to their Ideas with the bad spirit – but the account seems to be so much intersected with the prophetic and marvellous, that I would wish to be a Spectator of the movements and gesture, &c. requisite to set these lower Mortals in motion, before I transmit an account of it. It is pretended that there is only one period of the Year (when the snow is almost wholly dissolved in the Spring) when these Mortals or oracles will deign to give responses.

Your mention of Mr. Fraser's Journal being in such forwardness rather surprised me. A Year or two ago I had an indirect hint of his thoughts of publishing it, but I hardly thought it could be moulded in such a manner as to be very interesting to the Public. However, this was mere conjecture, for although

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