Scotchmen and Englishmen in America-Superstition in the Back Settlements-Witchcraft in New England-Rev. Cotton Mather's View of Witchcraft-Judges and Witnesses overawed by Witches-Men and Beasts bewitched-Bewitched Persons prayed for-Preternatural Diseases beyond Physicians' Skill-Trial of Susan Martin-Absurd Evidence-Belief in the Existence of Wit