Permission being accorded, the man
went, and in two minutes returned
with a small quantity of fresh earth,
tied up in a corner of his chudder,
which was deposited in the flower pot
and lightly pressed down. Taking
from bis basket a dry mango-stone, and
handing it round to the company that
they might examine it, aud satisfy
themselves that it was really what it
seemed to be, the juggler scooped out a
little earth from the centre of the flower
pot and placed the stone in the cavity.
He then turned the earth lightly over it,
and having poo red a little water over
the surface, shut the flower pot out of
view by means or a sheet thrown over
a small triangle.
And now amid a full chorus of voices
and the ratr-tat-tat accompaniement of
the taber, the stone germinated; pres
ently a section of the cloth was drawn
aside, and gave to view the tender shoot,
characterized by the two long leaves of
a blackish-brown color. The clotu was
readjusted,a:id the incantation resumed.
