{130} The reader may also consult Notes on the Spirit Basis of Belief and Custom, a rough draft printed for the Indian Government. While rich in curious facts, the draft contains very little about 'manifestations,' except in 'possession'. {131a} Gregory, Dialogues, iv. 39. {131b} De Rerum Varietate, xvi. cap. xciii. {132} De Praestigiis Daemon. {133} Si fallere possunt, ut quis videre se credat, cum videat revera extra se nihil: non poterunt fallere, ut credat quis se audire sonos, quos revera non audit? (p. 81). {135} Proceedings S. P. R., xv. 42. {137} There is one possible exception to this rule. {139} S. P. R., viii. 81. {140a} Geschichte des Neueren Occultismus, p. 451. {140b} Opera, 1605. {142} S. P. R., vi. 149. {146} Proc. S. P. R., viii. 133. {147} Proc. S. P. R., Nov., 1889, p. 269. {149} This is rather overstated; there were knocks, and raps, and footsteps (Proc. S. P. R., Nov., 1889, p. 310). {150} Proc. S. P. R., April, 1885, p. 144. {151} To be frank, in a haunted house the writer did once see an appearance, which was certainly either the ghost or one of the maids; 'the Deil or else an outler quey,' as Burns says. {153} London, 1881, pp. 184-185. {156} S. P. R., xv. 64. {158a} Proceedings S. P. R., xvi. 332. {158b} Sights and Shadows, p. 60. {165} British Chronicle, January 18, 1762. {166} Annual Register. {167} Praep. Evang., v. ix. 4. {170a} Rudolfi Fuldensis, Annal., 858, in Pertz, i. 372. See Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, Engl. transl., p. 514. {170b} Pseudo-Clemens, Homil., ii. 32, 638. In Mr. Myers's Classical Essays, p. 66. {178} Avignon, 1751. {183} Compare the case of John Beaumont, F.R.S., in his Treatise of Spirits (1705). {186} Proceedings S. P. R., viii. 151-189. {189} Mrs. Ricketts was a sister of Lord St. Vincent, who tried, in vain, to discover the cause of the disturbances. Scott says (Demonology and Witchcraft, p. 360): 'Who has heard or seen an authentic account from Lord St. Vincent?' There is a full account in the Journal of the S. P. R. It appeared much too late for Sir Walter Scott also complains of lack of details for the Wynyard story. They are now accessible. People were, in his time, afraid to make their experiences public. {190} The story is told by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, in his Introduction to Law's Memorialls, p. xci. Sharpe cites no source of the tradition. {191} We are not discussing Dreams, which are many, but waking hallucinations, which are, relatively rare, and are remembered, unlike Dreams, whether they are coincidental or not. {192} Gurney, op. cit., p. 187.