Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    them of their feathers. The soothsayer seized them and with incredible dexte- rity laid open their: entrails. With in- quisitive eye he examined the arrange- ment of the viscera: then exploring with care the ramifications of the blood- vessels, he appeared inspired: his face no longer retained its former grave aspect, and he pronounced with en- thusiam certain words which plunged his companion into a deep reverie. The mother of the young victims was also doomed to die: and while a’ slave was pursuing her in her vain attempt to escape, I asked the operator the mean- ing of the ceremony which he was per- forming. ‘* This man’s daughter is ill,” replied he; “and he is come to