Note 257 — THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This was the work of the form of magic popularly known as Símiyá = fascination, for which see vol. i. 305, 332. It is supposed to pass away after a period of three days, and mesmerists will find no difficulty in recognising a common effect upon “Odylic sensitives.”