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 difficulty in ditinguihing the magic from common wans, by a crown of feathers on the top of the head. If you tand on the watch in the early hour of the morning, before the rays of the riing un trike the urface of the water, or in the evening, when in decending to ret, its retiring light reddens the wetern ky, oberve carefully whether any wans arrive. If you ee them alight on the water or among the reeds, you will immediately perceive nymphs bathing intead of wans, and your eye will at once dicover whether your mitres be there, or whether he has not this time joined the company of her couins. Should fortune bring her to you, do not delay a moment to take poeion of her veil and crown, which you will find on the hore: you will then have her quite in your power, for he will not be able to fly away without this aerial garment. How you are then to proceed, love, I uppoe, will intruct you. Rh