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CHAPTER FIVE
FIRE-EATING MAGICIANS: CHING LING FOO AND CHUNG LING SOO.—FIRE-EATERS EMPLOYED BY MAGACIANS: THE MAN-SALAMANDER, 1816; MR. CARLTON, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, 1818; MISS CASSELLI, AGED NINE, 1820; THE AFRICAN WONDER, 1843: LING LOOK AND YAMADEVA DIE IN CHINA DURING KELLAR'S WORLD TOUR, 1872; LING LOOK'S DOUBLE, 1879.—ELECTRICAL EFFECTS, THE SALAMBOS.—BUENO CORE.—DEL KANO.—BARNELLO.—EDWIN FORREST AS A HEAT-REGISTER.—THE ELDER SOTHERN AS A FIRE-EATER.—THE TWILIGHT OF THE ART.
MANY of our most noted magicians have considered it not beneath their dignity to introduce fire-eating into their programmes, either in their own work or by the employment of a "Fire Artist." Although seldom presenting it in his recent performances, Ching Ling Foo is a fire-eater of the highest type, refining
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