§ 6. I will begin the list with the auditory class. The following account is from Mr. J. Wood Beilby, of Redbank Cottage, Elgin Road, Beechworth, Victoria.

"October 17th, 1883.

(339) "A young lady, a friend of my wife's, staying with us in the bush, had gone some hours, on horseback, to our post-town - some eight miles distant - when my wife and I in the house, a servant-man and woman and my adopted son, a youth, in an outside kitchen, heard this young lady scream, and call out, 'Oh, Johnnie! Johnnie!' - that being my boy's name, he being a usual attendant to the fair equestrian. All simultaneously rushed out; but nothing further could be heard or seen of the exclaimant for nearly an hour, when she arrived, and informed us that at a spot between four and five miles distant she had to open a gate. Trying to do this without dismounting, she leaned over it from her side-saddle to undo a sort of hasp. Her horse took fright at something and bounded aside, leaving her, happily, detached from him, hanging over the gate. She said she shrieked for help, and fancied ' Johnnie ' was behind, but got extricated - I forget how - and her horse caught. She remounted, and came on to us without injury but the fright. It was absolutely impossible her natural voice could have been heard over a forest country intervening for even one-third of the distance.

The strange thing to me is that others, not so specially gifted with magnetic impressions as I am, should have simultaneously and distinctly heard the ejaculation. All instantly acted a reply, going out of the several houses which they were in at the time, and making for an entrance gate, expecting to find the lady in some difficulty close at hand; and all were astonished that she was not even in view upon an extensive plain, skirted by the forest-land she had to traverse. "J. Wood Beilby".

Mrs. Beilby corroborates as follows:-

"I perfectly recollect the voice being heard, as narrated above by my husband. I vouch for the accuracy of the narration.

" Catherine W. Beilby".

In another account, written on January 28th, 1886, and signed by Mr. and Mrs. Beilby, it is more clearly brought out that the young lady, Miss Snell, actually called out the name, "Johnnie, Johnnie." The only point of difference between the two accounts is that the second, instead of saying that all four persons rushed out simultaneously, states that Mr. and Mrs. Beilby went out and called to the servants that Miss Snell had returned, and that "they said they heard her call, and immediately went to the gate of entrance to the homestead," but found no one there.

Mr. Beilby further adds: -

"The homestead is isolated from any other residence, some 3 miles; and no one was about at the time, except the servants and the employers in separate but closely adjacent buildings." He implies that he has had no other auditory hallucination.

The next account, which was first received by the Rev. W. Stainton Moses from an intimate friend of the agent's, was revised by his parents, the percipients, who have since again read it over and pronounced it correct.

"1881.

(340) "About two years ago W. L. felt England for America. Nine months since, he married, and hoped to bring his wife home to see his mother, to whom he was tenderly attached. On February 4th, however, he was taken with sudden illness, which terminated fatally on the 12th, about 8 p.m. On that night, about three-quarters of an hour after the parents of W. L. had retired to rest in England, the mother heard the clear voice of her son speaking. Her husband who also heard it, asked his wife if it was she who was speaking. Neither of them had been asleep, and she replied, 'No! Keep quiet!' The voice continued,' As I cannot come to England, mother, I have come now to see you.' At this time both parents believed their son to be in perfect health in America, and were daily expecting a letter to announce his return home. A note was made of this very startling occurrence; and when a fortnight since news of the son's death arrived, it was found to correspond with the date on which the spirit-voice1 had announced his presence in England. The widow said that the preparations for departure had nearly been completed, and that her husband showed much anxiety to get to England and see his mother".

[Unfortunately the percipients in this case dislike the subject, and it has been thought better not to press them with further inquiries. Otherwise we should of course have ascertained whether or not they had ever had other hallucinations].

[Case 341 is omitted as remote].

In the next case [342, also omitted] though the sound heard was apparently vocal, it was not articulate; and it can scarcely be pronounced impossible that such an effect might be produced by bubbling air, or some other local cause. The coincidence, however, appears to have been very close, though perhaps not so absolutely precise as is alleged; and the form of impression is not without analogy. [The sound heard by two percipients was "Three distinct sobs as of a person dying." - Ed].