522. * There were Jews around me today, which I could know from the stench of mice, and afterwards from an undulating communication between them and the dragon who was stretched out at length. That they adore the dragon as their god, I was able to know from the fact that they directed their prayers to him as to a god. 1748, Jan. 23. * Numbers 517 to 522 are here printed in the order in which they were written. See Special Preface.