"Rose B. Hamilton."

"St. Paul,

"20th February, 1892.

"Gentlemen,

"Having read the foregoing letters of Mrs. Macdonald and Miss Rose B. Hamilton, and being familiar with the facts and incidents therein set forth, I would add my endorsement to them as being in strict accord with the truth.

"Mr. Wack stated his dream as he has written of it in the article which I understand he has submitted to you, on the morning of 30th December, 1891. He came upon and drew our attention to the newspaper articles on the evening of 30th December, and on the morning of 31st December, 1891. It was these newspaper dispatches which made the dream interesting, and thereafter it was freely discussed.

"C. E. Macdonald."

Mr. H. W. Smith, an Associate Member of the American Branch, writes to Dr. Hodgson in connection with the case. -

"Office of Smith & Austrian, Commission Merchants,

"290 E. 6th Street, Produce Exchange, "St. Paul, Minn., 14thApril, 1892.

"My Dear Sir,

"It has been impossible for me to accept Mr. Wack's invitation to meet at his house the witnesses he cited in his communication to you. I have already written you of my preliminary interview with Mr. Wack, and it confirms in my own mind the high opinion which I previously held of him through our acquaintanceship, extending over a series of years. There is no reasonable doubt in my mind that the statement he makes is substantially correct, at least as respects any and all allegations of fact Of course the application of these facts to an unknown force is a matter upon which I cannot speak.

"Herbert W. Smith." Mr. Wack had often passed over the which may account somewhat for the reason why he should have seen the event.

The following are also interesting from the same point of view: - 1

1884.

"Mr. Francis Alvey Darwin, of Creskeld Hall, Pool, Leeds, sends us the following narrative, taken down by him from the lips of William Myers, bailiff and ex-keeper on the Creskeld estate, and Elizabeth, his wife, both of whom sign the account.

"Some years ago, I was asleep in bed here about 12 to 1 A.M., and dreamt that I was out watching in a certain place where two gates face each other, near my house; that four poachers came up to me through those gates and that I seized hold of two of them, one in each hand, and shook them and struggled with them, at the same time shouting for assistance. My cries and struggles awoke my wife, who woke me up; at once I told her what my dream had been, and that I had had a hard fight Just about that very time, and at the very place I saw in my dream, four poachers did make their appearance and stoned some of our men who were watching there.

"When they came to see me in the morning, before I had any conversation with any one, I told them at once I knew all about it, describing to them in presence of my wife both the number of men and the place where they had come across them.

1 Vol. viii., part xxii. of Proceedings S.P.R.

"My wife will corroborate all I say as to my cries and struggles, of which I myself was quite unconscious till she woke me. We thought it a curious dream at the time.

"(Signed) William Myers. "Elizabeth Myers."

"3 Pump - Court,

"Temple, E.C., 14M March, 1884.

"Dear Sir,

"In answer to your letter of the 10th inst, I have no doubt that the place near the gates referred to was a place which he knew perfectly well that poachers would be almost sure to pass in order to set a certain wood. I do not think that the place was ever regularly watched, as there is no cover to hide any men in, but the gates would certainly be frequently marked in order that it might be ascertained if any one had gone through them or not, yours truly,

"(Signed) Francis Alvey Darwin."

Before dismissing this dream as a mere accidental coincidence, the reader should refer to Dr. A. K. Youngs case (Phantasms of the Living, vol. 1, p. 381), where the dreamer strikes out violently at imaginary foes - in a scene where an assault is being actually committed upon a tenant of his own.

In the next case there is no suggestion of matter on which the dream-self could have worked, except the fact that on the previous evening the dreamer had heard a cart rapidly driven.

"Turnours Hall, "Near Chigwell, Essex,july, 1888.

"Statement by William Bass, farm bailiff to Mrs. Palmer:-

"On the night of Good Friday, 1884, I went to bed at half-past ten, and very soon fell asleep. Just before the clock struck one I awoke in violent agitation and profuse perspiration. I told my wife I dreamt that something was wrong at the farm stables, and I was so convinced that it was the fact that I should get up at once and go there. She persuaded me to lie down again (I was sitting up in bed and the night was cold). Still I could not rest At a quarter to two I dressed hastily, and taking a lamp and matches with me went as fast as I could to the stables (distant about a third of a mile). I at once perceived the place had been broken into and that a grey mare had been stolen. From appearance where the mare had lain I judged she had been taken away about two hours previously.

"(Signed) William Bass."

Mr. J. B. Surgey, enclosing this account, writes as follows: -

"22 Holland Street, "Kensington, 9th JULY, 1888.

"Dear Mr. Myers,

" Probably a few lines will be acceptable to you beyond those to which William Bass has signed his name. Before being employed as bailiff he was coachman at Turnours Hall, and has been thirty - two years in his place, a thoroughly trustworthy, straight forward and the most unimaginative, matter-of-fact fellow conceivable. Before his dream of Good Friday, 1884, he was never known to speak of one I had all particulars of it almost immediately, but only jotted them down last week. I asked if he could guess how long he had been dreaming when he awoke. No, not possible to guess; but he was in a horrible fright and his shirt was 'dripping' with perspiration, by which he supposed he might have been in a state of excitement a good while. - Very truly yours,