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as proclaimed by Mr. MacKnight it certainly would pass through 
‘my organism just as readily as it passed through his. Further 
investigation, therefore, is desirable, but chiefly with those persons 
who are known to be “sensitives.” One thing will be remarked, 
that the insulation had no effect on Mr. Gataker, whereas with 
Mrs. Manners the current at once ceased, and she appeared to be . 
aware that it had done so by exclaiming ‘‘It is gone.” I see no 
explanation for this, unless it be that the energy existing in Mr. 
_Gataker is from long practise, intensely developed, and thus 
enables him to overcome the resistance, caused by the intervention 
of the insulating board, that is, always supposing, the motor- 
power passes up from the earth into the dowser’s body and is 
thus communicated to the rod. 
The following extractsfrom a short paper onthe “‘Divining Rod,” 
by Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, which appeared in the Field newspaper 
of Jan. 15th, 1898, will illustrate how scientific men sometimes 
jump at erroneous conclusions without fair and honest 
investigation. Mr. Tegetmeier says, ‘‘ 1 myself witnessed many of 
these dowsing experiments and claim to be a very successful 
dowser. Taking a cut stick of the usual pattern out of the 
_ dowser’s hands I can operate with it as successfully as the 
_ individual himself. As I pass over the ground the stick dowses, 
or bends, in the orthodox manner, and should I be reduced to a 
q state of absolute impecuniosity, and have lost my conscience, as 
_ well as my money, I could gain a dishonest livelihood by water- 
dowsing. With these convictions I need not state that I was 
much pleased by reading in the current number of Nature for 
_ January 6th, an examination by Professor M. E. Wadsworth, of 
_ the Michigan College of Mines, giving a purely mechanical theory, 
tested by him repeatedly, and proved correct. He says, ‘ Take 
any twigs of reasonably tough fibre in the clenched hands with 
the palms upwards.’ The ends of the limbs forming the 
twigs should enter the closed fists on the exterior side of 
each fist, that is to say, on the two sides of the clenched 
