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gift made no profit out of it, and had no inducement to practise 

 a deception. To do so was to court an imputation of dishonesty 

 without any counterbalancing advantage. 



Mr. Vaughan Jenkins, of Cheltenham, to whom the two 

 letters I have quoted from Sir Welby Gregory and the Earl of 

 Winchilsea were addressed, has a most valuable collection of 

 contemporary evidence on the subject, some of which has been 

 examined and published by the Society for Psychical Kesearch, 

 whom he supplied with between 60 and 70 well-authenticated 

 cases, which he obtained in a very short space of time. 



Among these is a very remarkable one, which came under his 

 notice at a time when he was incredulous as to the power in 

 question. He required water on an estate whereon he was about 

 to erect a residence. The architect fixed upon the most con- 

 venient spot for the well, but after the well sinkers had reached 

 a depth of 51 feet they decided, from the nature of the strata, 

 &c., that it would be perfectly useless to proceed further, and 

 the authorities who were consulted came to the conclusion that, 

 owing to the peculiar dip of the land and for various other 

 reasons, there was not the least chance of water being obtained on 

 the plot of land anywhere. One of the workmen, however, per- 

 suaded Mr. Jenkins to allow the divining rod to be tried, as he had 

 a son, a boy eleven years old, who could use it. The rod on being 

 passed over a portion of the land exhibited signs of motion, 

 then began to revolve, and ultimately twisted about to such an 

 extent that the boy was obliged to let it go. The father's 

 positive assurance that there was now a certaiaty of success 

 induced Mr. Jenkins to sink a well, and, at a depth of 48 feet, 

 they struck on a strong spring of water. In a few hours the 

 well contained 10 feet of water, which occasionally rises now to 

 15 feet. Mr. Jenkins says : — " I was then, and I am now, fully 

 convinced of the total absence of deceit or collusion, and of the 

 full integrity of the whole transaction, no fee or reward being 

 asked for or expected." Here, according to scientiiic experts, 



