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form of expression I could use for an Evil Spirit to whom the epithet of brass is affixed; and to whom "the word word scratched out "oonaw-hulah" is also applied, signifying to visit a person sleeping & to look upon the sleeper two words scratched out with an evil eye, -- or an eye possessing the serpent like power of fascination. The thought involved in this figure is profound & practical, but words scratched outthe difficulty of rendering it in English by any single word words scratched out will be obvious. -- To attempt a repetition of the original of this prayer would be superfluous; and indeed