TEL^ESTHESIA 133 



are not utterly baffled when overtaken by fog. 

 I myself have seen " flights " on migration 

 steadily pursuing a direct course through 

 dense fog. Flying low, detached parties would 

 come along at intervals and continue in the 

 same direction as those preceding them. 



The subconscious faculty known as " telaes- 

 thesia " — -perception at a distance, or power of 

 vision passing the limits of time and space — ^is, I 

 believe, the explanation of what we under- 

 stand by the " homing " instinct or sense of 

 direction. Of this I shall have more to say 

 later on. 



