An account

The date of my brother's death was February 21st, and as far as I can remember I had the dream that evening, but it is so long since that as regards dates I do not like to be too certain. As regards the leng-th of time between the death and funeral, it was, I believe, only a few hours, certainly less than 12. The news of his death reached us by telegram on February 28th, about a week later. I have never had anything in the way of a vision either before or since. I enclose the few lines from my sister on the subject, after having told her that I had written you an account. The sister's words are : — I corroborate the statement of my sister's dream of February, 1879, which she narrated to me the morning after it occurred. a g_ q. We find from the Times obituary that the death took place at George Town, Demerara, on February 21st, 1879. [Without more details as to the supposed resemblance between the place seen in the vision and the real place of the funeral, no stress ought, I think, to be laid on this point ; which is one, it will be seen, that telepathy could not satisfactorily account for.] (504) Received on Oct. 28, 1884, from a gentleman occupying a high public position, who does not wish to give his name or to procure other attestations. He writes, it will be seen, in the third person. French is not his native language. The account begins with an experience which M. had during his father's last illness, while taking a brief sleep, after long nursing. Pendant le plus fort de son sommeil, M. se sentit comme tres fortement secoue et appele par son nom. II se rdveilla en sursaut, tout efi'raye, sauta de son lit, se dirigeant vers la porte, ayant devant lui comme une ombre, qui disparu des qu'il fut dans I'entree. II traversa le grand salon, et tout I'appartement attenant. Arrive a la chambre de son pere, il trouva la garde-malade debout sur le seuil de la porte, lui barrant le passage. Son pere venait d'expirer au moment meme. L'impression de ce re veil est reste tellement vive dans I'esprit de M. qu'il n'en a jamais parle sans aj outer, ' Ce n'etait certainement pas la rdaHt^, mais pour sur c'etait plus qu'un reve.' This case alone could not have found a place in our evidence, as M. was aware of his father's critical condition, and was in a highly anxious and overstrained state. But he continues : — Quatre ans plus tard, en Tannine 1849, M. habitait Constantinople ; il etait proscrit et I'entree de son pays lui etait interdite. Sa mere, qui ^tait a Bucarest, s' etait decidee d'aller s'etabl