In the next case the mental picture seems to have been much more vivid than the visions of distant familiar scenes, or faces, which most of us can summon up by an effort of will; in fact, the impression probably approached very nearly to a hallucination. It is noteworthy, however, that it did not apparently form part of the external order, but replaced it. We have no means therefore of measuring the degree of vividness. No. 47.--From DR. G. DUPRÉ. "REIMS, _July_ 6_th_, 1891. "One day in May 1890, I had just been visiting a patient, and was coming downstairs, when suddenly I had the impression that my little girl of four years old had fallen down the stone stairs of my house, and hurt herself." "Then gradually after the first impression, as though a curtain which hid the sight from me were slowly drawn back, I saw my child lying at the foot of the stairs, with her chin bleeding, but I had no impression of hearing her cries. "The vision was blotted out suddenly, but the memory of it remained with me. I took note of the hour--10.30 A.M.--and continued my professional rounds." "When I got home I much astonished my family by giving a description of the accident, and naming the hour when it occurred." "The circumstance made a great impression on me, and my memory of it is quite clear. "Dr. G. DUPRÉ." In a further letter Dr. Dupré adds:-- "REIMS, _August_ 2_nd_, 1891. "The account which I have given you is exact in every point. Madame Dupré remembers it perfectly. As I had a great many visits to pay that day I did not return home at once, but continued my rounds. I took particular note of the time, however, and it was found to be exact. "This phenomenon of perception seemed to me so curious that I noted all the particulars, in order to analyse them at my leisure. "When I got home my first words were these, addressed to my wife, 'Loulou is hurt. Is it serious?' Madame Dupré exclaimed, 'Who told you?' 'No one,' I replied; 'I saw her fall,' and then while examining my little girl I told my wife about the vision. "I did not relate the circumstance to any one else but my father-in-law, Dr. Bracon, and he did not take it very seriously. Indeed, I was not inclined to lay much stress upon the matter either, as I did not wish to be considered visionary or credulous." Madame Dupré writes:-- "25_th September_ 1891.