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piece of cbalk wrote on a board the number Mr. 

 Gladstone had thought of. To the surprise of all 

 present Mr. Gladstone acknowledged the correct- 

 ness of the performance. The same thing was 

 repeated with several other gentlemen, and in 

 every case with perfect correctness. Not only 

 could he detect what numbers the mind was 

 dwelling on, but any object that occupied the 

 thoughts he could distinctly trace on the board 

 holding the right hand of the thinker. 



It is said that he took the right hand of the 

 Prince of Wales, and sketched in rude outhne 

 the figure of an elephant, and when it was com- 

 pleted it was observed that the animal had no 

 tail. His Royal Highness laughingly observed 

 that it was perfectly true he was thinking of a 

 particular elephant, and that it was without a tail. 



