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then placed upon another leaf, wliich she declared »vas alsohlank. 

 I then desired her to feel the Mjjper part of the leaf. She did so, 

 and said slie felt somethiiifi, hut it was so confuted she could not 

 make out what it was. The fact was, a ladv's name had heen 

 written in the l)Of)k, and when I took it from mv lihrarv, I 

 scratched the name out with a pen, j^o tiiat it was not distin- 

 guishable to the eve." — 



" Slie di.stinii;uished the different colours of silk, of cotton, or 

 of wool ; and the briiihter and more vivid the colour, so much 

 greater is the p;easura!)le sensation it affords. If thev consist of 

 many colonrs in the same piece, she will point out each coloiu', 

 and trace the line where it terminates. If the silks are of that 

 kind called shot-silks, she will tell the colour of the ground as 

 well as the intermixture. If the diffeient pieces are besmeared 

 with oil, or any {j;reasy substance, she cannot so easily distinj^nish 

 the colmr; but if it is nearly faded, she will point out where it 

 is faded, or where it is briji>ht. She can distiuiinish the colours 

 of the paintini;*> of enamelled or varnished boxes, will trace the 

 outline of the fijjures, and will very jjenerallv state the subject of 

 the paintiuij with a dei^rce of accuracy wliich is surprising At 

 times, however, this feelmg is suddenly lost ; and after describing 

 colours, reading, &c. with great nicety, she will declare she can- 

 not fell the colour, or will say it is bbick. When this is the case, 

 the fingers beco ne extremely coM, and the power will often re- 

 turn a the fingers become warmer.'' — 



" Jamiarv 17, \'^\1 On this day she not only declared the 

 colour of diit'ereut cloths, cotton and silk, but several pieces of 

 silk which were inclosed m a --null phial bottle ; she traced with 

 her finger the ed^e of each ; aiid when anothev phial was given, 

 which did not contain any thing, she fleclared it to he empty. 

 Bottles of white glass, Itohliug maguc-ia, red precipitate, red 

 oxide of mercury, and l)ark, were separateh given to her, and 

 she accurately natned the c<dour, ami told how high the bottle, 

 was filled with each substance'.- — two small bottles, the one con- 

 taining water and the other spirits of wiiie, vvere phiced in her 

 hand ; — she said the first was colourless like water, and the se- 

 cond was similar in colonr, but had a different feel, being much 

 warmer. ■' * * * « Soon aftei this period the Rev. Edward (Jlover 

 aske.'l her if she could tell the time of the day by feeling tiie 

 surface «;f the glass covering the dial plate of a watch. Her 

 answer was, she bad never 'rie.l it. .'\ watch was given into her 

 hands ; she felt tiu' surface of the gla>-s, and very soon named 

 the hour. She was .ifterwards so exact, that she not (udy named 

 the hour, hut the mmii)er of n.iuutcs the minute-hatul had passed 

 the hour. Once I gave hor my watch when the hour was t»\'elve 

 o'clock. She mentioned the hour, Itnl obseived there was oidy 

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