146 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. V 



Medium moved his body forwards or backwards he must 

 occult one of my three rays. While therefore taking care 

 to feel his foot and keep a good grip of his hand, I fixed 

 my eyes intently on rays A and B. For I felt sure that 

 I could trust to G. D. keeping a sharp look-out on the 

 right hand and foot ; and so no instrument of motion 

 was left to the medium but his body and head, the move- 

 ments of which could not have been discernible in absolute 

 darkness. Nothing happened for some time. At length 

 a very well executed muscular twitching of the arm on 

 my side began, and I amused myself by comparing it 

 with the convulsions of a galvanised frog's leg, but at the 

 same time kept a very bright look-out on my two rays 

 A and B. 



The twitchings ceased, and then after a little time A 

 was shut out. B then became obscure, and A became 

 visible. " Ho ho ! " thought I, " Medium's head is well 

 over the table. Now we are going to have some mani- 

 festations." Immediately followed a noise obviously 

 produced by the tumbling over of the accordion and some 

 shifting of the position of the guitar. Next came a 

 twanging very slight, but of course very audible of 

 some of the strings, during which B was invisible. By 

 and by B and A became visible again, and Medium's 

 voice likewise showed that he had got back to his first 

 position. But after he had returned to this position 

 there was a noise of the guitar and other things on the 

 table being stirred, and creeping noises like something 

 light moving over the table. But no more actual 

 twanging. 



To my great disgust, G. D. now began to remark that 

 he saw two spots of light, which I suppose must have had 

 the same origin as my rays A and B, and, moreover, that 

 something occasionally occulted one or other of them. 

 (Note : No, not till we changed places. G. H. D.) I 

 blessed him for spoiling my game, but the effect was 

 excellent. Nothing more happened. By and by, after 



