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persons subsequently sent to the Committee statements of what they had
seen and heard in Home's presence. The only one of these which can be
said to possess scientific value is a report of a seance held with Lord
Lindsay--now the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres--and Mrs. Honywood, and
two other persons. The report is as follows. It is written by Mrs.
Honywood, and Lord Lindsay adds a few words, his own personal testimony.

"I met Mr. Home at the house of a friend on the 17th March 1869.
We sat down, five in number, at a round table in the back
drawing-room. There was an oil lamp on a table in the front
drawing-room, and fires in both grates. After a while Mr. Home
became entranced, walked into the front room, and stood on the
hearth-rug. He began to dance slowly, raising first the one foot
and then the other, his hands hanging loosely as I have read of
Easterns and Indians, moving in time to music. He then knelt
down, rubbing and clasping his hands together in front of the
fire. I asked, 'Are you a fire worshipper?' He nodded and looked
pleased. 'Are you a Persian?' He smiled and nodded assent, after
which he rose and placed four chairs in a row near the folding
doors, signing to us to sit there. He now went to the table on
which stood the moderator lamp; taking off the globe, he placed
it on the table, and deliberately grasped the chimney of the
lamp with both hands; then, advancing to the lady of the house,
he asked her to touch it, but she refused, knowing it was hot.
Mr. Home said, 'Have you no faith? Will you not trust in Dan if
he says it is cool?' She replied, 'Certainly,' and placed her
finger on the glass, exclaiming, 'Oh, it is not at all hot!'
This was corroborated by Lord Lindsay and myself, who in turn
both laid our finger on the glass several times to test it. Mr.
Home laughed and said, 'I will make it hot for you, old fellow,'
and holding it towards Mr. ----, he turned, apparently
addressing some one, and said, in a sad tone of voice, 'It is
necessary to confirm the faith of others that the glass should
be made hot for him.' Mr. ---- now touched it, and exclaimed,
'You have indeed,' shaking his hand and showing me a red mark.
So hot was the glass when a fourth person touched it, that it
raised a blister, which I saw some days subsequently, peeling.
I leave it for the scientific to