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a particularly good instance of the blindfold test. He had heard 

 of Mullins as a diviner, and was anxious to test his powers, so he 

 sent for him to come to Haverholme Priory, near Sleaford, his 

 then residence. Lord Winchilsea says : — 



"We established it on good authority that Mullins had no 

 previous acquaintance with Haverholme. 



« i._i took him on to the grass in front of the house, across 

 which the water supply pipe passed. There was no indication of 

 its presence on the surface, nor did I previously mention its 

 existence to Mullins; on crossing it the twig moved in the 

 manner described, and he could trace the water to right aud left, 

 by its means, along the path actually taken by the pipe. 



" 2.— On our way to the kitchen garden Mullins discovered a 

 spring on the open lawn, whose existence was unknown to me, 

 it had been closed in so long, but was subsequently attested by 

 an old labourer on the place, who remembered it as a well, and 

 had seen it bricked in many years before. 



" 3.— On reaching the kitchen garden I knew that a lead pipe, 

 leading water to a tap outside the wall, crossed the gravel path 

 at a certain spot. On crossing it the twig made no sign. I was 

 astonished at first, till I remembered what Mullins had said about 

 stagnant water, and that the tap was not running. 



" I sent to have it turned on, re-conducted Mullins over the 

 ground, when the twig immediately indicated the spot. 



" When Mullins had passed on I carefully marked the exact 

 spot indicated by the twig. When he had left the garden I said, 

 ' Now, Mullins, may we blindfold you and let you try V He said, 

 ' Oh yes, if you don't lead me into a pond or anything of that 

 sort.' We promised. 



" Several sceptical persons were present, who took care the 

 blindfolding was thoroughly done. I then re-conducted him, 

 blindfold, to the marked spot by a different route, leaving the 

 tap running, with the result that the stick indicated, with 

 mathematic exactness, the same spot. At first he slightly 



