At the end of a minute the hypnotised patient was found to
have acquired the other's hemiplegia. The experiment was repeated
every day, and in four days the new comer was relieved of her
trouble, which had lasted over a year. The same experiment was tried
in many cases, and always succeeded, although in some of them the
affections imitated were of a very complex character, such as
paralysis of half the tongue. With these facts in view, the alleged
experiences of the older mesmerists appear by no means impossible.
APPENDICES
I. IN DEFENCE OF A GREAT AND BELOVED POET WHOSE CHARACTER IS
DELINEATED IN THIS STORY.
II. A KEY TO "AYLWIN," BY THOMAS ST. E. HAKE,
REPRINTED FROM "NOTES AND QUERIES."
APPENDIX I
D. G. R.
Thou knewest that island, far away and lone,
Whose shores are as a harp, where billows break
In spray of music and the breezes shake
O'er spicy seas a woof of colour and tone,
While that sweet music echoes like a moan
In the island's heart, and sighs around the lake,
Where, watching fearfully a watchful snake.
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