348 GHOSTLY APPARITIONS. 



seen not only a light, but the bearer of the 

 light, nothing would have been wanting to 

 constitute a ghostly apparition, especially were 

 the bearer a deceased servant or friend. Though 

 you courteously give me credit for not being 

 a dreamer, I could relate instances of dreams 

 I have had, similar in their significance to those 

 of yours, and others somewhat different, which 

 I would designate as day-dreams, recurring 

 vivid ideas not produced at the instant, ob ex- 

 ternoy and yet, not distinguishable from such. 

 First I will tell you how I saw the spectre do 

 not laugh, of a crucible ! It was when I was 

 at College, and engaged in chemical studies. 

 Beading, reclining on my sofa, and it was 

 by day, I saw a platina crucible which I 

 valued falling from the adjoining table. I 

 sprung up to try to save it, but grasped only 

 air; no crucible was there, neither fallen, 

 falling, or on the table ; it was, as I before said, 

 a spectral crucible. Next, of a person ; this I 

 witnessed when still a young man ; and it was 

 in Kandy, in Ceylon, and in mid-day. Eeading 

 at a table before an open window looking into 

 a garden, I saw, on looking out, a gentleman, 

 an acquaintance, a man of singular appearance, 



