Any of the sahibs who like to stand behind us can do so if they do not come within the line of those posts." "Let us go out there," Wilson said to Richards, when the answer was translated; "we will light the lamps, and we shall see better there than we shall see here." The two went round to the other side and lit the lamps, and the servants stood a short distance off on either side.
The first trick shown was the well known mango tree.

The juggler placed a seed in the ground, poured some water upon it from a lota, and covered it with a cloth.

In two or three minutes he lifted this, and a plant four or five inches high was seen.

He covered this with a tall basket, which he first handed round for inspection.

On removing this a mango tree some three feet high, in full bloom, was seen.