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The above account is given by the niece of the Rev. George L. Foote, and is substantially the same that I have heard spoken of by the members of my family. The Rev. R. Whittingham, of Pikesville, Maryland, U.S.A., a Corresponding Member of the S.P.R., writes on September 9, 1884 : — Several years ago I heard the Rev. Mr. G. L. Foote allude to this dream as having saved his brother's life, according to his belief. He was ignorant of any existence of small-pox [at this place] as it had not been prevalent ; nor did it become epidemic, although there were three or four other cases at the time. [This last point is from a reply of the Rev. G, L. Foote himself to an inquiry which had been specially addressed to him on the subject.] (452) From Miss Tracy, Mawson Road, St. Barnabas, Cambridge (now Mrs. William Tracy). ,< December, 1885. My mother died on the 11th of February, 1882, about 8.30 p.m., on a Saturday, at Beccles, Suffolk. At that time, my youngest brother, who is blind, was (and is still) at the Blind College, Worcester. On the evening above mentioned, he went to bed as usual, and, I believe, to sleep. Rather later in the evening, one of the masters went into the room where my brother was, to see if all was right. When there, he heard one of the boys crying, and found it was my brother, who said his mother had come to him to say good-bye, as she was going away, &c. It was some time before he coulcl be quieted. He did not hear of his mother's death until the Monday following. He was at the time 9 years old. This is as nearly as possible what I was told nearly four years ago. If the master who heard him was found out, he would be able to give it more correctly.