"And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
"Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel." (Exodus xvii, 5-6.)
[[4]] Goclenius was a diviner who also professed to make "magnetic cures."
[[5]] See chapter 9, p. 218.
[[6]] Quoted from the volume, Water Divining (London, 1902).
[[7]] The Gentleman's Magazine (London, 1752).
[[8]] By Young and Robertson (London, 1894).
[[9]] For centuries the home of the Benedictine Order.
[[10]] In plain English, flowers of the buttercup family.