HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM.
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Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the follow- ing manner, making more or less in each line, according to your fancy:-
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Then reckon the number of marks in each line, and if it be odd, mark down one dot; if even, two dots. If there be more than nine marks, reckon the surplus ones over that number only: viz.
The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are odd. therefore make one mark, thus .... * In the second, even, so make two, thus ... ** In the third, odd again, make one mark only . . * In the fourth, even again, two marks .... **
TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER, You must refer to the ORACULUM, at the top of which you will find a row of dots similar to those you have pro- duced, and a column of figures corresponding with those prefixed to the questions; guide your eye down the column at the top of which you find the dots resembling your own, till you come to the letter on a line with the number of the question you are trying : then refer to the page hav- ing that letter at the top, and on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, you will find the answer. The following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions should be worked, or any enterprise undertaken -Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22 Feb. 0, 17, 28;—March 24, 2 April 10, 27, 28 May 7, 8 June 27;—July 17, 21;—Ar 90, 22 ;—Sept. 5, 30 ;—Oct. 6 ;—Nov. 3, 29 ;—Dec. 0, 10, 1.5 It is not right to try a question twice in one day.
