Note 75
THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.
The Mesmerist will notice this shudder which is familiar to him as preceding the "magnetic" trance.
…ing, that when the Fisherman said to the Ifrit, "I will never and nowise believe thee until I see thee inside it with mine own eyes;" the Evil Spirit on the instant shook[FN#75] and became a vapour, which condensed, and entered the jar little and little, till all was well inside when lo! the Fisherman in hot haste took the leaden cap with the seal and stoppered therewith the mouth of the jar and called out to the Ifrit, saying…
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