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7 and marry some other man that she has told you she most hates———if you are in business, some heavy loss will befal you; you will disagree with some of your best friends on the most trivial matters, which will end in an open rupture———if you are a farmer, expect a bad crop, the murrain amongst your cattle; that your pigs and poultry will fail, and not fetch good prices———if you have a lawsuit, depend, that your attorney will neglect you, that your witnesses will be tardy and backward, and that finally you will lose your cause. Do not for some time undertake a journey by land or a voyage by sea; enter for the present into no new undertaking, for you will be unsuccessful; quit, if you can, your present place of residence : and, above all, avoid lending money, for you will surely lose it, together with the friendship of those to whom you lend it. If you dream that you are with an acquaintance at some place of public amusement, you may expect soon to be called from home on business of importance.

Dancing.———To dream you are dancing at a ball, wake, or entertainment, foretels that you will shortly receive some joyful news from a long absent friend, and that you are about to inherit some unexpected legacy; it foretels success and happiness in love; that your sweetheart is kind and true, and will make you very happy in marriage; to the sailor, it denotes a pleasant and successful voyage; increase of children to married persons, and of business to those in trade.

Devil.———To dream of this professed enemy to the human race, denotes that many dangers will threaten you all of which you will overcome; it foretels a lawsuit, in which your adversary will endeavour secretly to undermine you, nevertheless