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ment. The electrical waves came from the south- 

 west and moved northeast. They were separated 

 by periods of from one to several minutes in 

 length, and were about two seconds in passing. 

 During their presence they made it lively for me, 

 with hair-pulling, heart-palpitation, and muscular 

 cramps. I tried moving speedily with the wave, 

 also standing still and lying down, hoping that 

 the wave would pass me by; but in each and 

 every case it gave me the same stirring treat- 

 ment. Once I stood erect and rigid as the wave 

 came on, but it intensified suddenly the rigidity 

 of every muscle to a seemingly rupturing extent, 

 and I did not try that plan again. The effect of 

 each wave on me seemed to be slightly weak- 

 ened whenever I lay down and fully relaxed my 

 muscles. 



I was on a northerly slope, in spruce timber, 

 tramping over five feet of snow. During these 

 electrical waves, the points of dry twigs were 

 tipped with a smoky blue flame, and sometimes 

 bands of this bluish flame encircled green trees 

 just below their lower limbs. I looked at the 

 compass a few times, and though the needle 



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