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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 305 | THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN swallows the blade of a sabre about thirteen inches long of polished steel. This operation he performs very slowly, and with some precaution; though he evinces no symp- tom of pain. After every solid body that he swallows, he Position taken by the subject in the Indian basket trick before he is covered by the sheet. always takes a small dose of wine expressly prepared for him. He does not seem to make any effort to kill the living animals that he takes in his mouth, but boasts that he feels them moving in his stomach." [276] |