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secretary. I had, indeed, long ago read in the memoirs 

 of this intelligent woman certain details concerning the 

 chauffeurs. 



SEVENTH OBSERVATION. "The word parafagaramus is 

 pronounced in my ear. I hear nothing, and awake, hav- 

 ing had rather a vague dream. The experiment is repeat- 

 ed when I am asleep in my bed, and the word maman is 

 pronounced many times in succession. I dream of different 

 things, but in this dream I heard the humming of bees. 

 The same experiment, repeated several days after, when I 

 was scarcely asleep, was more conclusive. The words Azor, 

 Castor ', Leonore, were pronounced in my ear ; on awaking, 

 I recollected that I had heard the last two words, which I 

 attributed to one of the persons who had conversed with 

 me in my dream. 



" Another experiment of the same kind likewise showed 

 that the sound of the word, and not the idea attached to it, 

 had been perceived. The words chandeUe, haridelle, were 

 pronounced in my ear, many times in succession. I awoke 

 suddenly of my own accord, saying, (?est die. It was im- 

 possible for me to recall what idea I attached to this answer. 



EIGHTH OBSERVATION. " A drop of water is allowed to 

 fall on my forehead, I dream that I am in Italy, that I am 

 very warm, and that I am drinking the wine of Orviette. 



XIXTH OBSERVATION. " A light, surrounded with a red 

 paper, is many times in succession passed before my eyes. 

 I dream of a tempest of lightning, and all the remembrance 

 of a violent storm which I had encountered in the English 

 Channel, in going from Morlaix to Havre, is present in my 

 mind." 



As regards dreams due to external impressions, it is a 

 curious fact, which has been noted by many observers, and 

 one which accords with the personal experience of all who 

 have reflected upon the subject, that trains of thought and 

 imaginary events, which seerA to pass over a long period of 

 time in our dreams, actually occur in the brain within a 



