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 clear, shows that the misfortunes of the party will soon be at an end, or that he will easily get over them; but if it appear in the middle, or at the bottom in the thick, the party must expect many severe trials; if it appear with dots, either in the clear or in the thick, it promises a speedy change of one’s sorrow.

If they he more light than dark, you may expect a good result from your hopes but if they are black, you may give it up. Surrounded with dots they imply success in trade, and in all your undertakings; but the brighter they are, the greater will be your happiness.

The emblem of the greatest luck and happiness, if in the clear; but in the thick it bodes a great deal of sadness; surrounded by dots or dashes, denotes that an alteration will easily take place.

If it appears in the clear, it denotes high honours, in the dark, or thick part, it implies sadness, which will, however, pass without great prejudice. But if it be at the bottom of the cup, the consulting party will be fortunate both by water and land.

If it represents only one mountain, it indicates the favour of people of high rank, but several of them, especially in the thick, are signs of powerful enemies; in the clear they signify the contrary, or friends in high