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I never have had, at any other time than the one I mentioned to you, a vivid dream of death, or an auditory hallucination of any kind. The following is an extract from a letter written to Mrs. Purton by her daughter, Miss Sarah Sophia Purton, who was about 12 years old at the time of the occurrence : — I distinctly remember your speaking of the cry of distress you heard when the ' Royal Charter ' was lost. My remembrance of it is that you woke with this cry ringing in your ears, and got up at once, quietly, without disturbing my father, who had been out late somewhere to a patient. You found it was about 3 o'clock. You then went to the nursery and to each room where anyone was sleeping, but finding all was quiet and right you went back to bed. I fancy you inquired next morning if anyone had heard the sound which disturbed you, but could not swear to this. Miss Purton writes to us : — April 7th, 1884. To the best of my recollection my motherspoke of theory sheheard the following morning. I distinctly remember her saying when she heard of the terrible cry as the vessel parted and went down, ' There, that was the cry I heard,' and the thrill it gave me at the time, but this must have been a day or two after the occurrence — either just before or after she had visited the scene of the wreck. S S Purton Here, the vivid character of the impression, and the fact that it was unique in the percipient's experience, will probably be accepted without dispute. And if so, the coincidence — though easy enough to regard as accidental if it stood alone or nearly alone — seems fairly admissible as an item in a cumulative proof of telepathy.1 1