SUPPLEMENT III 



AN ABSTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE 

 SEPTEMBER-COMMISSION * 



The important meetings occurred on the nth and 

 I2th of September and both of them extended over four 

 hours. The greatest difficulty was occasioned by the con- 

 dition laid down by Mr. von Osten : that we were to work 

 without him from the very beginning. In a certain sense 

 this condition had been met once before when Mr. 

 Schillings appeared upon the scene, a man whose fair- 

 ness ought to be doubted by none. He came utterly 

 skeptical, and yet in the course of a week he learned 

 to handle the horse and received responses regularly. 

 However, since the public had begun to doubt Mr. 

 Schillings also, another person had to attempt the role 

 of questioner. Count zu Castell tried to do this and 

 practised for some days before the meetings, but his 

 success — ^although of no small moment — was not great 

 enough to be convincing. 



In apprising Mr. von Osten of this fact we caused a 

 veritable catastrophe. He declared in a most decisive 

 manner that he would have to insist upon the condition 



* A few days after the I2th of September I made the present abstract 

 from the original records af the Commission, which T have here ab- 

 breviated somewhat. (See page 8). Referring once more to the misun- 

 derstanding mentioned on page 3, I would say that the closing sentence 

 of the report is here reygiven literally as it then appeared. C. St. 



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