Infants are very sensible of these irradiations of the eyes. In Spain, France, &c. southern countries, the nurses and parents are very shy to let people look upon their young children, for fear of fascination. In Spain, they take it ill if one looks on a child, and make one say, God bless it. They talk of "mal de ojos". We usually say, witches have evil eyes.
AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF SECOND- SIGHTED MEN IN SCOTLAND.
**In Two Letters from a learned friend of mine in Scotland.
I.
**To Mr. JOHN AUBREY, Fellow of the Royal Society.
SIR,
FOR your satisfaction I drew up some queries about the second-sighted men, and having sent them to the northern parts of this kingdom, some while ago, I received answers to them from two different hands, whereof I am now to give you an account, viz.
Query 1.
If some few credible, well attested instances of such a knowledge as is commonly called the second-sight, can be given ?
Answer.