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removed his boot and had his foot measured by the same 

 rule, when that of the figure was found to be full one inch 

 and a quarter the longer, while in height it was about half a 

 foot taller. A minute or two after Abdullah had retired into 

 the small room, Haxby was found in a trance in his chair, 

 while no trace of the white-robed stranger was to be seen. The 

 door and window of the back room were securely fastened, 

 and often secured with gummed paper, which was found intact. 



On another occasion I was present in a private house 

 when a very similar figure appeared with the medium 

 Eglinton before a large party of spiritualists and inquirers. 

 In this case the conditions were even more stringent and the 

 result absolutely conclusive. A corner of the room had a 

 curtain hung across it, enclosing a space just large enough to 

 hold a chair for the medium. I and others examined this 

 corner and found the walls solid and the carpet nailed down. 

 The medium on arrival came at once into the room, and after 

 a short period of introductions seated himself in the corner. 

 There was a lighted gas-chandelier in the room, which was 

 turned down so as just to permit us to see each other. The 

 figure, beautifully robed, passed round the room, allowed 

 himself to be touched, his robes, hands, and feet examined 

 closely by all present — I think sixteen or eighteen persons. 

 Every one was delighted, but to make the seance a test one, 

 several of the medium's friends begged him to allow himself 

 to be searched so that the result might be published. After 

 some difficulty he was persuaded, and four persons were 

 appointed to make the examination. Immediately two of 

 these led him into a bedroom, while I and a friend who had 

 come with me closely examined the chair, floor, and walls, 

 and were able to declare that nothing so large as a glove had 

 been left. We then joined the other two in the bedroom, 

 and as Eglinton took off his clothes each article was passed 

 through our hands, down to underclothing and socks, so that 

 we could positively declare that not a single article besides 

 his own clothes were found upon him. The result was 

 published in the Spiritualist newspaper, certified by the names 

 of all present. 



