hat he wishes to represent it by actions, he would gladly
avail himself of the more direct testimony of words--the inference is,
that a consciousness of its not being a pure machine, is the reason of
his silence--his actions cannot implicate him in a falsehood--his words
may.

9. When, in exhibiting the interior of the box, Maelzel has thrown open
the door No. I, and also the door immediately behind it, he holds a
lighted candle at the back door (as mentioned above) and moves the
entire machine to and fro with a view of convincing the company that the
cupboard No. 1 is entirely filled with machinery. When the machine is
thus moved about, it will be apparent to any careful observer, that
whereas that portion of the machinery near the front door No. 1, is
perfectly steady and unwavering, the portion farther within fluctuates,
in a very slight degree, with the movements of the machine. This
circumstance first aroused in us the suspicion that the more remote
portion of the machinery was so arranged as to be easily slipped, _en
masse, _from its position when occasion should require it. This occasion
we have already stated to occur when the man concealed within brings his
body into an erect position upon the closing of the back door.

10. Sir David Brewster states the figure of the Turk to be of the size
of life--but in fact it is far above the ordinary size. Nothing is more
easy than to err in our notions of magnitude. The body of the Automaton
is generally insulated, and, having no means of immediately comparing it
with any human form, we suffer ourselves to consider it as of ordinary
dimensions. This mistake may, however, be corrected by observing the
Chess-Player when, as is sometimes the case, the exhibiter approaches
it. Mr. Maelzel, to be sure, is not very tall, but upon drawing near the
machine, his head will be found at least eighteen inches below the head
of the Turk, although the latter, it will be remembered, is in a sitting
position.

11. The box behind which the Automaton is placed, is precisely three
feet six inches long, two feet four inches deep, and two feet six inches
high. These dimensions are fully sufficient for the accommodation of a
man very much above the common size--and the main compartment alone is
capable of holding any ordinary man in the position we have mentioned as
assumed by the person concealed. As these are facts, which any one who
doubts them may prove by actual calculation, we deem it u