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Experimental Thought Transference
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and finally in Corsica. Mr. Glardon at the hour previously arranged would draw a diagram or picture and concentrate his attention on it; the percipient at the same hour would sit, pencil in hand, waiting to receive impressions. In four cases, here reproduced, the percipient's drawing bore a striking resemblance to the original diagram. In several

other cases there was a resemblance, but less marked. The amount of correspondence seems on the whole much beyond what would be produced by mere association of ideas. It should be added that, with one exception, the whole of the drawings made by the percipient on each occasion are reproduced. The exception is the experiment marked 10. The original diagram, as shown, was a Maltese cross

which the agent notes that he used on January 5th and 6th, 1894. The percipient made on January 5th, at 9.30 p.m., four