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I send you a written testimony from one of my sisters, as to my having spoken of hearing the battle at the time of the occurrence. The hours during which the sounds continued were from 1 to 5 o'clock a.m. in the morning as far as my recollection serves. At the time of the occurrence I was living in ray father's house in a very remote part of Warwickshire. The nearest soldiers' quarters to us would be at Coventry or Birmingham, at a distance of between 30 and 40 miles. The sister's corroboration, dated October 9, 1885, is as follows : — I remember the incident about the battle of Goojerat. You were ill at the time, and in the morning you told us you felt as if you had been in a battle, as you had heard continual firing and report of cannon for a long time. I cannot say what time of the night it was when you heard it. I think you made a note of it, and we heard afterwards from Frank that the battle began on the following morning. a Lu^y Dickins From the London Gazette for April 19th, 1849, it appears that the battle, which took place on Feb. 21, lasted from 8.30 until midday, after which the pursuit of the enemy commenced, lasting until dusk. 8.30 a.m. at Goojerat would correspond to about 3.30 a.m. in England. Mrs. Malcolm nas experienced no other auditory hallucination, except that twice, when overstrained by nursing a relative in a fatal illness, she had the impression of hearing her name called. [The fact that the sounds were not heard by others, though at least one other person seems to have been awake at the time, is rather a strongproof that the experience was a hallucination ; and if so, there is at least an appreciable chance that it was telepathic. I have mentioned a case of subjective hallucination of the same character in Vol. I., p. 494, second note. The long duration of the impression is, owing to its rudimentary character, less remarkable than that alleged in cases 300 and 590.] 1 As to the tendency to regard impressions corresponding with unknown reality as prophetic, see p. 535, note. 570 SUPPLEMENT. (622) From a lady, Mrs. M., whose name and address it seems right to suppress, though she made no stipulation on the subject. The account was received in August, 1884. Mrs. M. describes how, in July, 1874, while spending her holiday happily in the vale of Leven, and in perfect health, she was awakened suddenly with a cry of distress ringing in my ears, and it was twice repeated after I became wide awake. The last time it seemed partly suppressed and further away. It seemed very near at