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^[1]× arm socket or some word like it.
× suspension bridge.
× Sophia Ridley.
× soupirer (in French), which I felt inclined to spell souspirer.

There is some word with the letter S. I don’t seem quite to have caught it.—H. R.

It will be seen that the impression throughout was auditory, and that there was a gradual approximation to the word Sphinx.

Experiment VII

(A) October 27th. SPECTACLES.

C. M.

(B) Friday, Oct. 27th. 7 p.m.
"Spectacles."

This was the only idea that came to me after waiting a long time. I thought of "sense perception," but that only confirms the above. My mind was such a complete blank that I fell asleep and dreamt a foolish dream (but not about you). At 7.25 I woke with a start—H. R.

Miss Miles adds that she had been struck earlier in the day by a curious pair of spectacles, and had determined to think of them.

Experiment VIII

(A) October 31, 1905. SUNSET OVER ORATORY.

C. M.

(B) Tuesday, October 31, 1905. 7 p. m.

First it was the sun with rays and a face peering out of the rays. Then something went round and round like a wheel. Then the two seemed to belong together, and I thought of

1. The crosses indicate those impressions which Miss Ramsden marked at the time as being especially vivid.