This is an extraordinary page from the manuscript collection of Dr John Harries's incantations etc -- reputed to have come from his "Big Book".
It's to do with a lost sheep in March 1856 -- the good doctor had quite a reputation of looking for, and finding, lost animals. But if you look at this document, you can see that he has been through some sort of triangulation, with distances and directions carefully recorded before -- presumably -- pinpointing the position of the lost sheep and returning it to the owner, a Mr James.
There is some sort of dowsing involved -- but how on earth did he do it?
https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/modern-period/john-harries-book-of-incantations/?fbclid=IwAR11K2aaH0gztZklWkH8TfDiSFTIM1-Qc_-SDfAq9Z6vU361TduC4uDtGJg
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