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and their brains translated them into a vision of Haweis 

 where they were accustomed to see him. If this hy- 

 pothesis be true, it would be, of course, exactly parallel 

 to any visual object ; as only waves reach the eye, but 

 are translated by the brain into the object which trans- 

 mits them. It will also interpret the appearance of 

 wraiths of friends on the point of death. 



