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water ought not to have been discovered, but a mere child, 

 unlikely to be guided by any clues supplied by science, proves to 

 the contrary. 



I approached this investigation with the one desire of 

 ascertaining the truth, and, if the evidence I have submitted to 

 you has been one-sided in character, it is because those with whom 

 I have been brought into contact, who have tried the diviners, 

 could testify of successes only, and not failures. At, the same 

 time, I am far from saying there are no failures, or that there 

 are no pretenders in this, as in other matters. 



The value of the evidence in favour of the existence of the 

 power we have been considering lies chiefly in the following 

 points : — 



Firstly. — That it is supplied by individuals of education and 

 position, whose general intelligence and shrewdness are not 

 likely to be called in question. 



Secondly. — That none of it is anonymous in character, but is 

 capable of being verified by a reference to the individual who 

 gives it. 



Thirdly. — That it has not been gathered from a band of 

 enthusiasts in communication with each other, and bent upon 

 pushing some theory or hobby to the front, but has been collected 

 from independent and isolated witnesses, who could have no 

 object to serve by misrepresentation. 



Fourthly. — That the bulk of it is derived, not from the pro- 

 fessional diviner, who has an interest in a belief in it, but from 

 those who lay no claim to the possession of the power they 

 concede to others. 



Fifthly. — That much of it is of a corroborative character, as 

 illustrated, especially, in those instances where an amateur has 

 followed the professional diviner, and, without any knowledge of 

 what the latter has indicated, has been correspondingly affected. 



This evidence, as far as a plain statement of facts is concerned, 

 can only be impugned on the ground either that the witnesses 



