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I have communicated with my uncle as I promised, but he does not recollect any of the circumstances. In reply to your further queries : — 1. The dream did not make Sb particularly unpleasant impression ; it was certainly unpleasant and unusual, and on waking I felt nervous, but the occurrence faded from my memory slowly, so far as the sharp impression was concerned, All day Sunday, however, I was wondering how my brother was, and when I saw my sister on the Monday I thought of the strange coincidence. 2. My sister recollects when she informed me (of the ' time ' of the death) on the Monday that I remarked, ' How strange ! that is the time I saw James at my bedside.' 416 SUPPLEMENT. [chap. 3. I had no reason to expect my brother's death at the time it did take place, except an expectation that one's worst fears might at any time be realised in a case where consumption had taken hold. The following is from Mr. Brooks' sister, Mrs. Plaistowe : — Brooksby House, August 4th, 1885. In answer to your letter, I have to state that my brother William, on his arriving at Hastings in November, 1875, and being informed by me of the hour of my late brother James's death (viz., a quarter to 8 a.m.), said that it exactly coincided with the time that he, my brother William, saw James in a spirit or vision. [In conversation, Mrs. Plaistowe stated that Mr. Brooks came down on the Monday afternoon, and, on hearing the hour of his brother's death, came to the conclusion that the dream was exactly coincident.] I may remark that the death was unexpected by the members of the family, as James was away from home with me at Hastings ; and although he had been suffering from consumption for three or four years, no intimation of his becoming worse had been received by any one in the family, so that my brother's statement to you is corroborated by me.