_William Stubbs._ Right. _Eliza Holmes._ Eliza H. _Isaac Harding._ Right. _Sophia Shaw._ Right. _Hester Willis._ Cassandra--then Hester Wilson. _John Jones._ Right. _Timothy Taylor._ Tom, then Timothy Taylor. _Esther Ogle._ Right. _Arthur Higgins._ Right. _Alfred Henderson._ Right. _Amy Frogmore._ Amy Freemore, then Amy Frogmore. _Albert Snelgrove._ Albert Singrore, then Albert Grover. On another occasion the following result was obtained with cards, Mary, the eldest daughter, being the percipient: In thirty-one successive trials the first only was an entire failure, six of spades being given in answer for the eight of spades. Of the remaining thirty consecutive trials, in seventeen the card was correctly named on the first attempt, nine on the second, and four on the third. It should here be observed, that according to the calculus of probabilities, the chances that an ordinary guesser would be correct in his guess on the first trial is, in cards, of course, one in fifty-one, but in these trials, numbering 382 in all, and extending over six days, the average was one in three, and second and third guesses being allowed the successes were more than one in two, almost two in three. The chances against guessing the card correctly five times in succession are more than 1,000,000 to 1, and against this happening eight times in succession are more than 142,000,000 to 1, yet the former happened several times and the latter twice--once with cards and once with fictitious names, the chances against success in the latter case being almost incalculable. The following experiments were also made among many others, Miss Maud Creery being the percipient:-- "(1) What town have we thought of? A. Buxton: which was correct. "(2) What town have we thought of? A. Derby. What part did you think of first? A. Railway station. (So did I.) What next? A. The market-place. (So did I.) "(3) What town have we thought of? A. Something commencing with L. (Pause of a minute.) Lincoln. (Correct.) "(4) What town have we thought of? A. Fairfield. What part did you think of first? A. The road to it. (So did I.) What next? A. The triangular green behind the Bull's Head Inn. (So did I.)" In seeking an explanation for these remarkable results coincidence and chance may, it would seem, be utterly excluded. Touch and hearing must also be excluded, since the guesser did not come in contact with any person during the experiments, and they were conducted in perfect silence excepting the answers of the percipient or the "yes" or "no" of the agent. We have left, then, only the unconscious indications which might possibly be given by look, movement of a finger, lip, or muscle by persons who were present especially on account of their desire and ability to detect any such communication, and on account of their ability to avoid giving information in any such manner themselves.