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loss of another ship, she had, on the night of the occurrence, lain anxiously awake, and, at about four in the morning, felt as if she had gone out to seek him. She described her journey across the stormy sea, how she climbed up the side of a low black steamer, went down to the saloon, and along to the stern till she came to his cabin. "Tell me," she said, "are there any state-rooms like the one I saw, where the upper berth extends further back than the under one? A man was in the upper berth, looking right at me, and for a moment I was afraid to go in; but, presently, I walked over to your berth, bent down, kissed you and embraced you, and went away." Typical as this case is of many others, it has its special features. The striking visibility of the Double, unless Mr. Tait was clairvoyant, is unusual; the consciousness of its presence in sleep is even more so; and, of course, Mr. Tait's corroboration, and his conviction of Wilmot's lapse from virtue, is an exceptional tribute to the realistic plausibility of the scene. Mr. Tait had never seen Wilmot's wife, but he was able exactly to describe her. CHAPTER IV PLANNED PROJECTION FROM SLEEP WHEN the Etheric Double is projected in sleep it has frequently to rely on the evidence of others for an account of its peregrinations. It may be unaware of itself in that condition, and, even when its projection was purposed, and the purpose was fulfilled, may retain no recollection of its successes. And, curiously enough, save where Sensitives are