...ever discovering in what way die different animals were made to vanish in die THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK mysterious manner above described. This, I may venture...affirm, was beyond measure strange and surprising [Later] they produced a man whom they divided limb from limb, actually severing his head from the body....

...at the upper end of the chain. At last they took down the chain and put it into a bag, no one ever discovering in what way the different animals were...the air in the mysterious manner above described." f We have in our possession a picture painted from such a Persian conjurer, with a man, or rather the...

...although it is thought that this account is taken from one of a number of extant MSS at a later date: They produced a chain of fifty cubits in length, and...venture to affirm, was beyond measure strange and surprising.66 These accounts each refer to one or more persons or animals who climb up the thong, cord,...