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Rh 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.

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