es
from the room. When he is recalled, whether blindfolded or not, he
pretends to count to himself for a considerable time, so as to allow his
associate time to say to him, without affectation or exciting suspicion
of collusion--'I give you,' or 'I give him SO MUCH TIME to guess what is
required; 'for it is in this phrase that the whole secret of the trick
is contained, as I shall proceed to demonstrate.

Suppose the card touched be one of those marked with the asterisks * **
***; if it be the first, the associate says,; I give him eight days to
guess it.' Then the medium, beginning with the upper line, that of the
days, will at once be able to say that the card touched is the eighth of
the first horizontal line, or the first of the eighth vertical line.

If it be the card holding the place of the number marked with two
asterisks ** the associate says 'three months,' and 'seven years' for
the one marked with three asterisks ***.

Thus, whatever card is touched, it will be easy to indicate it, by
beginning with the line of days at the top, counting one from the left
of the associate and medium.

Such is the simple process; and the following is the conventional
catechism adopted by all theoperators in double sight, with a few
variations adapted to circumstances.

With this collection of words and phrases, every existing object can
be guessed, provided care be taken to classify them according to the
following indications.

To operate, two persons must establish a perfect understanding between
them. One undertakes the questions, the other the answers, the latter
having his eyes perfectly blindfolded. Both of them must thoroughly know
the following numbers with their correspondences:--

1. Now. 9. Quick. 2. Answer or reply. 10. Say. 3. Name. 20. Tell me. 4.
What is the object, or thing. 30. I request you. 5. Try. 40. Will you.
6. Again. 50. Will you (to) me. 7. Instantly. 60. Will you (to) us. 8.
Which?

Example:--Add the question of the simple number to the question of the
decade or ten. Thus, in pronouncing the words 'Say now,' 11--for say is
10, and now is 1, total 11. This, therefore, forms question 11.

Again--'Tell me which number,' 28--for 'tell me' is 20, and 'which' is
8, total 28.

Thirdly:--'I request you instantly,' 37; for 'I request you' is 30, and
'instantly' is 7, total 37.

All the expressions or words that follow are totally independent of the
answer, and are only adapted to embellish or mys