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the instrument then continuing to play whilst no one was 

 touching it. 



I was now desirous of trying what would be the effect of 

 passing the battery current round the insulated wire of the 

 cage, and my assistant accordingly made the connection 

 with the wires from the two Grove's cells. Mr. Home 

 again held the instrument inside the cage in the same 

 manner as before, when it immediately sounded and moved 

 about vigorously. But whether the electric current passing 

 round the cage assisted the manifestion of force inside, 

 it is impossible to say. 



The accordion was now again taken without any visible 

 touch from Mr. Home's hand, which he removed from it 

 entirely; I and two of the others present not only 

 seeing his released hand, but the accordion also floating 

 about with no visible support inside the cage. This was 

 repeated a second time, after a short interval. Mr. Home 

 presently re-inserted his hand in the cage and again took 

 hold of the accordion. It then commenced to play, at first 

 chords and runs, and afterwards a well-known sweet and 

 plaintive melody, which it executed perfectly in a very 

 beautiful manner. Whilst this tune was being played, I 

 took hold of Mr. Home's arm, below the elbow, and 

 gently slid my hand down it until I touched the top of the 

 accordion. He was not moving a muscle. His other hand 

 was on the table, visible to all, and his feet were under the 

 feet of those next to him. 



Having met with such striking results in the experiments 

 with the accordion in the cage, we turned to the balance 

 apparatus already described. Mr. Home placed the tips of 

 his fingers lightly on the extreme end of the mahogany 

 board which was resting on the support, whilst Dr. A. B. 

 and myself sat, one on each side of it, watching for any 

 effect which might be produced. Almost immediately the 

 pointer of the balance was seen to descend. After a few 

 seconds it rose again. This movement was repeated 

 several times, as if by successive waves of the Psychic 

 Force. The end of the board was observed to oscillate 

 slowly up and down during the time. 



Mr. Home now of his own accord took a small hand-bell 

 and a little card match-box, which happened to be near, and 

 placed one under each hand, to satisfy us, as he said, that 

 he was not producing the downward pressure (see Fig. 3). 

 The very slow oscillation of the spring balance became more 

 marked, and Dr. A. B., on watching the index, said that he 

 saw it descend to 6J lbs. The normal weight of the board 



