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make a drum with it and use it at night and any wolf or
wild vicious animal which hears it will run far away from
the area also if anv of the vermin hear it thev would die.
An oilv talisman to catch crocodiles and the wav it is
done is by taking equal amount of the fat of a mole, jerboa
and lizard, melt it till it becomes an oil and when you
decide to catch a crocodile, slaughter a dog and skin him
and rub that oil on the dog and hang him with a hook that
is tied with packthread and throw it in the Nile, the
crocodiles will come to it and when one of them swallows
it pull him quick out of the Nile water and that is how they
catch a crocodile from the Nile.
A light talisman that silences frogs in rivers, lakes, or
any small ponds of water and the way it is done is by
kneading crocodile fat with wax and make a wick of it and
light it up in any of these locations and the frogs will be
silent as long as the wick is lit
A talisman for scorpions is made by grinding the
Burghnatha grass and the Shikaay grass and adding
grinded antidote stone and red henna, knead all the
ingredients with bramble water and make a statue of a
scorpion and make from the rest little round balls in the
size of chickpeas and dry them and put the statue in a
location in the house and between its hands coal in a
brazier and use the little balls for incense and the scorpions
will leave the house.
These are the talismans that were provided in the book
and 1 had to mention it in the book so you be safe reader
and aware of the knowledge of talismans and to make sure
to keep the valuable secrets to yourself and as I am ending
my book I would like to advise you with Socrates' nine
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