“ When the end is black, the man loves agriculture; he places happiness in mediocrity, and from thence avoids the cares attendant on either extreme of fortune. Round nails declare a hasty person, yet good-natured, and very forgiving, a lover of knowledge, honest in mind, doing no one any harm, and acting according to his own imagination, being rather too proud of his own abilities. When the nails are long, the person is good-natured, but placing confidence in no man, being from his youth conversant in deceit, yet not practising it, from the goodness of his nature and a love of virtue. ”

“ He who hath a long and great nose, is an admirer of the fair sex, addicted to vice, and very ignorant. A nose that turns up, and is long and full on the tip of it, shows a person that has it to be bold, envious, luxurious, a liar, and a deceiver. He whose nose riseth high in the middle, is prudent and polite, and of great courage. A nose big at the end, shows a person to be of a peaceable disposition, industrious, and faithful, and of a good understanding. ”

“ A mole on the bosom portends mediocrity of health and fortune.
A mole under the left breast over the heart, foreshows the man will be of a warm disposition, unsettled in mind, fond of rambling, and light in his conduct; in women, it shows sincerity in love, quick conception, and easy to travel in child-birth. ”

“ The Six of Hearts shows a generous, open, and credulous disposition, easily imposed upon, and ever the dupe of flatterers, but the good-natured friend of the distressed; if this card comes before your king or queen, you will be the dupe, if after, you will have the better.
The Five of Hearts shows a wavering and unsteady disposition, never attached to one object, and free from any violent passion or attachment.
The Four of Hearts shows the person will not be married until very late in life, and that this will proceed from too great a delicacy in making a choice. ”

“ There are many letters often formed in the hand, called sacred characters, and of these I shall speak, as they relate to good or bad fortune:—An A found between the mount of the moon and hollow of the hand, denotes sickness and losses; if it appear toward the mount of Venus, it denotes success in love affairs, and prosperity. If a T be on the mount of Venus, it denotes success in love affairs; but if it eome so low as to eut the line of life, then it denotes erosses and misfortunes in love, and much mischief. ”

“ He whose forehead is low and little, is of a good understanding, magnanimous, confident, and a great pretender to love and honour.
Eye-brows.—Those eye-brows that are much arched, whether in a man or woman, shows the person is proud, high-spirited, bold, and threatening, and a lover of beauty. Those, on the other side, whose cyc-brows are black, and the hair of them but thin, will do nothing without great consideration, and are bold and confident in the performance of what they undertake. ”

“ The Seven of Hearts shows the person to be fickle and of an unfaithful disposition, addicted to vice, incontinent, and subject to the mean art of recrimination to excuse themselves although without foundation. ”

“ A bottle-nose is what denotes a man to be vain, false, luxurious, weak, and uncertain. A nose broad in the middle, and less toward the end, denotes a vain, talkative person, a liar, and one of a bad fortune. ”

“ The Ace of Clubs promises great wealth, much prosperity in life, and tranquillity of mind.
The King of Clubs announces a man who is humane, upright, affectionate, and faithful in all his engagements; he will be happy himself, and make every one with whom he has a connection so if he can. ”

“ To meet a funeral as you go to ehurch on this errand, shows you will have to encounter a life of domestic jars, and a very indifferent partner.—For a fire to burn black and gloomy, is a eertain sign of dissension or unpleasant tidings from a distant quarter. For a fire to spit or roar, is a sign of some heavy displeasure from a superior, or a person who has authority over you. ”

“ The Eight of Diamonds shows that the person in their youth will be an enemy to marriage, and thus run the risk of dying unmarried: but if they do marry it will be late in life, and then it will be with a person whose disposition is so ill assorted to theirs, that it will be the cause of misfortune. ”

“ Trees.—One tree only, if it be in the clear or thick part, points out lasting good health; several trees denote your wish will be accomplished; if they are encompassed with dashes, your fortune is in its blossom, and requires time to bring it to maturity. If accompanied by dots, you will make your fortune in the country where you reside. ”

“ The Ace of Hearts signifies feasting and pleasure; if the ace is attended by spades, it foretells quarrelling; if by hearts, it shows affeetion and friendship; if by diamonds, you will hear of some absent friend ”

“ The person that acts the fortune-teller must always bend his thoughts upon him or her that wish to have their fortune told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to give plausibility to their predictions. It is not to be expected upon taking up the cup, that the figures will be accurately represented; but the more fertile the fancy shall be of the person inspecting the cup, the more he will discover in it. ”

“ Nails.—Broad nails show a gentle disposition, bashfulness, and afraid of speaking before superiors. If round the nails there is any excoriation, or sprouting of the skin, the person is luxurious, fearful, and an epicure, loving enjoyment. When there are certain white marks at the end, they testify that the person is improvident, soon ruining his fortune through negligence. Narrow nails indicate a desire to attain knowledge in the sciences. When to narrowness they add some degree of length, the person is led away by ambitious desires, aiming at things he cannot obtain ”

“ Take a pack of cards, shuffle and cut them two or three different times, lay them on a table nine of a row; if a man, he must choose one of the four kings to represent himself; if a woman, she must select one of the queens; then the queen of the chosen king, or the king of the chosen queen, will stand for husband or wife, mistress or lover, of the party whose fortune is to be told, and the knave of the suit for the most intimate person of their family ”

“ The line of life reaches from the wrist almost to the root of the fore finger. The table line is in the middle or table of the hand, and in some hands runs along the four mounts, partieipating of the influence of the respective planets governing them; the middle running across the hand, and sometimes obliquely, it takes its beginning at the rising of the fore finger, near the line of life, ending at the mount of the moon. ”

“ A mole on either cheek signifies that the person never shall arise above mediocrity in point of fortune, though at the same time he will never sink to real poverty.
A mole on both cheeks denotes the person will know a deal of trouble, losses, and crosses, but at last arrive to be a great tradesman, and will gain great riches, will be a very public character, and also fond of rural scenes. ”

“ If the person dream of music, she will shortly wed him she wishes; if she dream of fire, she will be crossed in love; if of a church, she will die single. If any thing be written, or there be the least spot, on the paper, it will not do. ”

“ To see a Future Husband.—On Midsummer Night, just at sunset, threc, five, or seven young women are to go into a garden, in which there is no other person, and each gather a sprig of red sage; and then, going into a room by themselves, set a stool in the middle of the room, and on it a clean basin full of rose water, in which the sprigs of sage are to be put; and tying a line across the room, on one side of the stool, each woman is to hang on it a clean shift, turned the wrong side outwards ”

“ The Deuce of Diamonds shows that your heart will be engaged in love at an early period; that your parents will not approve your choice; and that if you marry without their eonsent they will hardly forgive you. ”

“ To know whether a new-born child shall live or die.—Write down the proper names of the father and mother, and the day the child was born, and put to each letter its number as before, and to the total sum, being put together, add 25, and divide the whole by 7; and then if it be even, the child will die, but if odd, it shall live. ”

“ A peaked chin, reasonably full of flesh, shows a good understanding, a high spirit, and laudable of eonversation. A double chin shows a man of peaceable disposition, but of dull apprehension, vain,credulous, and secret in his actions. ”

“ To know what fortune your future husband shall have.— Take a walnut, a hazlenut, and a nutmeg, grate them together, and mix them with butter and sugar, and make them into small pills, of which exactly nine must be taken on going to bed, and according to your dreams so will be the state of the person you will marry. ”

“ He who hath a wandering eye, and which is rolling up and down, is for the most part a vain, simple, deceitful man, lustful, treacherous, or high-minded. He whose eyes are twinkling, and which move forward or backward, show the person to be luxurious, unfaithful, and hard to believe. ”

“ Fleshy nails show a calm person and idler, loving to sleep, eat, and drink; not delighting in bustle and a busy life. Little round nails discover a person to be obstinate, seldom pleased, inclining to hate every one, as conceiving himself superior to others, though without any foundation for such conception. ”

“ On Tuesday.—Worse, though he may with extraordinary violence conquer the inordinate desires to which he will be subject, still he will be in danger of dying by violence, if he has not great precaution. ”

“ A weak, trembling voice, denotes one to be envious, suspicious, slow in business, and fearful. A loud, shrill, and unpleasant voice, signifies one bold and valiant, but quarrelsome. A voice beginning low, or in the bass, and ending high in the treble, denotes a person to be violent, angry, bold, secure. ”

“ Ears.—Great and thick ears are certain signs of a foolish person; but small and thin ears show a person to be a good wit, grave, secret, modest, and one willing to serve his friend. He whose ears are no longer than ordinary, is a bold man, uncivil, vain, and foolish. ”

“ Tray of Hearts shows that your own imprudence will greatly contribute to your experiencing the ill-will of others.
The Deuce of Hearts shows that extraordinary success and good fortune will attend the person ”

“ He whose cyes are, as it were, starting out of his head, is a simple foolish person. He who looks studiously and acutely, with his eyes and eye-lids downwards, denotes thereby to be of a malicious nature, very treacherous and false. ”

“ Any unmarried woman fasting on Midsummer Eve, and at midnight laying a clean cloth, with bread, cheese, and ale, and sitting down as if going to eat, the street door being left open, the person whom she is afterwards to marry will come into the room, and drink to her by bowing ”

“ The Five of Clubs declares that you will shortly be married to a person who will mend your circumstances.
The Four of Clubs shows inconstancy for the sake of money and change of object.
The Tray of Clubs shows that you will be married three times, and each time to a wcalthy person. ”