more.' As he spoke of that volley of musketry I glanced across with a
shudder at Beauchamp, and the look of stony horror on that handsome
skeptic's face was not to be forgotten."

Omitting the somewhat long recital of events which followed, I would say
that later in the same day the party of young officers and soldiers
discovered the body of their commanding officer in the shocking condition
so vividly and graphically described by young Cameron. The story proceeds
as follows:

"When, on the following evening, we arrived at our destination, and our
melancholy deposition had been taken down by the proper authorities,
Cameron and I went out for a quiet walk, to endeavor with the assistance
of the soothing influence of nature to shake off something of the gloom
which paralyzed our spirits. Suddenly he clutched my arm, and, pointing
through some rude railings, said in a trembling voice, 'Yes, there it is!
that is the burial-ground of yesterday.' And, when later on we were
introduced to the chaplain of the post, I noticed, though my friends did
not, the irrepressible shudder with which Cameron took his hand, and I
knew that he had recognized the clergyman of his vision."

The story concludes with the statement that in all the little details, as
well as the main points, the scene at the burial of the commanding officer
corresponded exactly with the vision of Cameron. This story brings out the
fact that the Scotch people are especially given to manifestations of
second-sight--particularly the Highlanders or mountain people of that
land. It is hard to find a Scotchman, who, in his heart, does not believe
in second-sight, and who has not known of some well authenticated instance
of its manifestation. In other lands, certain races, or sub-races, seem to
be specially favored (or cursed, as Cameron asserted) with this power. It
will be noticed, usually, that such people dwell, or have dwelt in the
highlands or mountains of their country. There seems to be something in
the mountains and hills which tends to develop and encourage this power in
those dwelling among them. The story is also remarkable in the fact that
the impression was so strong in the mind of Cameron that it actually
communicated itself by clairaudience to those near to him--this is quite
unusual, though not without correspondence in other cases. Otherwise, the
case is merely a typical one, and may be duplicated in the experience of
thousands of other men and women.