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Mr. Conway, who is a spai'c but .sti'ongly built man of 

 about thirty, witli (|^uiet, somewhat determined face, good 

 colour, and dark blue eyes, deep set and lutlior dreamy- 

 looking, sat in an easy chair whilst Mr. Gr. A. Smith made 

 downward passes with his hands as near his face as possible. 

 His eyes gradually closed, and in a minute or so he appeared 

 to bo asleep. Mi'. Smith then told him to open his eyes, he 

 replied tliat he could not ; but after a few attempts and some 

 more passes he succeeded. He was now supposed to be in 

 the hypnotic condition, and seemed unconscious of anything 

 in the room besides the mesmeriser, who proceeded to put 

 him through different delusions. Ho told him that he (the 

 sensitive) had a cold, and he began almost immediately 

 to sneeze ; ho asked why ho was so miserable, and he began 

 to ei-y ; what ho was laughing at, and he stiuightway rang 

 out peals of laughter, and so on. He acted the part of a cat, 

 and waited near a hole for mice, scratching any one who 

 inteiTuptod him, and did other extraordinary things, but 

 Would not or could not hear any one but the mesmeriser, and 

 when lie was pinched or even pricked witli a pin he paid no 

 attention. When, however, I gently inserted a pin beneath 

 his nail, ho withdrew his hand. It was then suggested that 

 what is called "community of sensation" should be tried. 

 The mesmeriser stood behind the sensitive (who was in an 

 arm-chair) and held his hand. The latter was then care- 

 fully blindfolded with a handkerchief. I then touched or 

 pinched Mr. Smith in various parts of his body, and the 

 sensitive was thereupon questioned as to whether ho felt 

 pain anywhere. He was tried in this way thirty-four times, 

 and was right twelve times, besides once when there was 

 some doubt ; but of these twelve, five were [)artly capable of 

 explanation by movement (shrinking) on the part of the 

 person pinched, and three were when he was not being 



