"The hypnotic treatment had to be interrupted for a time at this stage, as the patient was suddenly seized by an attack of pneumonia. The illness ran its usual course, but weakened the patient considerably. As soon as he had convalesced sufficiently, and it was thought that he was again suitable for suggestion, the hypnosis was started afresh. In this certain remains of the penumonia, which we did not regard as being due to organic causes, were first dealt with. We succeeded soon in getting his breathing normal - as this had been strikingly rapid and dyspnoeic, in spite of the fact that the pneumonic changes had resolved and had been completely absorbed - in removing the pains which he felt all over his chest (once the pains suddenly changed to the opposite side in the region of the old shot-wound), and in the banishing loss of appetite and sleep. Apart from this we continued to work at the awakening of the memories as before.

"The suggestions which were given at first consisted in telling the patient that he remembered his whole residence in Z. absolutely clearly, and that he also remembered his journey into the interior to O. The result was that he recalled various social functions later on which he had taken part in, and at which he had experienced some difficulty in drinking champagne and the like as the others did. Apart from this the name of the hotel in O. occurred to him, where he had arrived at, and where he had stayed for some time, but this remained for the time being without any association of other occurrences. It was only after the next hypnosis that the remembrance of the journey to 0. came back to him. Mr. N. then remembered that he had accomplished the thirty-six-hour journey in one stretch, and described the country as being in part barren and in part hilly, and the vegetation as being monotonous, consisting of tree-ferns and the like. He had become quite clear about the town of Z. by this time, and produced a vivid description of its position and of the traffic in the town. A new phenomenon which followed this hypnosis was noted, and this consisted in the capability on the part of the patient of reproducing the results of the observations which he had made in Australia. He related in this way several things about the political and economical institutions of the country, about the civil administration of the towns, and about the scarcity of workingmen in the country; he also told of the regulations which rendered the immigration of Chinese difficult, and in connection with this it suddenly occurred to him that there were a number of such persons on board the steamer in which he had sailed to Australia, and that the Chinese went about in Z. with short hair, and for this reason did not attract so much attention. Mr. N. further recollected several incidents of his stay in O. after this same hypnosis. On his arrival a prolonged drought was taking place, and in consequence the dust lay foot deep in the streets, and many of the cattle had died. He also recollected various persons in 0. with whom he had business relations. Among these was Mr. R., whose name, as has already been stated, had occurred to him a long time before, and with whom, as he now recollected, he had to transact some unpleasant business for having attempted to place some obstacles in the way in connection with his mission. The patient still became excited on relating this episode. He was further able to remember that he had felt unwell soon after he arrived in O., and had changed his hotel room in consequence. He had gone to an English doctor, whose name began with a B, complaining of fever, giddiness, and palpitation, and the doctor had visited him later in his hotel. As the memory failed on giving the last few details, a further hypnosis was induced, and the patient was suggested that he would now remember all the minute incidents of his illness in O. more clearly. It then occurred to him that a second medical practitioner, a German, had also been called in, and that they had given him a sleeping-draught. His temperature was not taken. Apart from the doctors, only a waiter had come into his room occasionally. The two doctors had given him advice which differed: the one told him to return to the coast, and remain there until he had completely recovered; the other said that he ought to stay in O., and wait until he was quite well again before he traveled. He was quite incapable of saying which advice he followed, and what he had done then.

"The suggestion, which was given him on the following day, that he would now remember the minute details of his departure from O. and his return to Z., at first remained without result. It was only on repeating this on the following day that some progress was made. He was then able to relate that on the evening of his departure his money had been restored to him at his request, and that the gentleman who carried this out, accompanied him to the station on the following day. Mr. N. was perfectly capable of remembering his whole journey and the aims of his activities in Australia at this time (at the time of his departure from O.), in spite of the fever. He was quite certain of this, and this is a very important fact. He remembered then having commenced his return journey by train to Z., and having obviously been half asleep in the railway compartment. He knew nothing whatsoever of his arrival in Z.

" I have discussed the manner in which the latter remembrances were recalled to his consciousness very fully for good reasons. As we shall see presently, the exact knowledge of the occurrences taking place about this time forms an important landmark for a correct interpretation of the whole case.

"We then attempted to recall to the patient's memory the end of this journey to Z., the arrival there, and the circumstances under which he embarked for Europe, in repeated hyp-noses. These endeavors, however, failed to elicit any result, and the patient was quite incapable of remembering a single fact about the commencement of the journey from O. to Z.