it's a boy—a boy and a girl—the boy to the right and the girl to the left. Little girl with white socks on, and shoes with straps." Mr. Smith asked: "What are they doing? Is it two children on a raft at sea?" P. "No, it's like trees in the background—a copse or something. Like a fairy story—like babes in a wood or something."
It is interesting to note, in the last case, that the picture seemed to develop piecemeal, parts of it being seen before their relation to the whole was recognised. This characteristic is more marked in the following case, in which a prominent part of the picture, though, it would seem, distinctly seen, was misinterpreted in the first instance. The percipient in this case was Miss B. The subject set was a sailing-boat. Mr. Smith at first sat behind a screen. At a later stage he came and sat near the percipient, but without speaking.
No. 3
Miss Johnson, who did not know what the subject of the picture was, asked Miss B. whether it was anything like an animal. Miss B. said: "No—got some prong-sort of things—something at the bottom like a little boat.—What can that be up in the air?—Cliffs, I suppose—cliffs in the air high up—its joining the boat—oh, sails—a sailing boat—not cliffs—sails." This was not all uttered consecutively, but partly in answer to questions put by Miss Johnson, but as Miss Johnson was ignorant of the subject of the supposed picture, her questions could of course give no guidance.
In another case, when the subject set was a cow being milked, Miss B. succeeded only in seeing a buffalo! That these imaginary pictures were very
