It appeared that Mr Panchaud went up to one of these tables, at which the defendant and many others were playing, and after winning two or three times, the trick above described was commenced. The conductor of the game offered a bet of £5, and Mr Panchaud having seen the pepper-corn roll off, took the wager, and put down a £10 note. In a moment after there was a general hustling, the table was upset, and the whole party speedily disappeared, together with the £10 note. When the bet was offered, the defendant, who stood next to him, jogged his elbow, and said eagerly, "Bet him, bet him, you must win, the ball is under our feet." Mr Panchaud had no doubt, from his whole manner, that the defendant was concerned with the others in the trick. The case stood over for further investigation; and it is only inserted here for the purpose of showing a species of slight of hand continued in our own times to defraud the unwary.
FALLS OF NIAGARA.
It is a general impression, that, to go under the falls, we must walk upon the level where they spend their fury, and within arm's length of the torrent; but it is not so; our path lies upon the top of a bank at least thirty feet above the bottom of the abyss, and as far in a horizontal line from the course of the falls, and close under the immense rock which overhangs them. This bank overhangs us, as one side of an irregular arch, of which the ponding side is formed by the sheet of water; and thus, instead of groping our way at the foot of a narrow passage, we stand mounted on a stupendous cavern.
