[6] Note (_b_), p. 81. [7] Many instances may be read of in a little anonymous work, _Obeah_. The scene is Hayti. [8] Note (_c_), p. 82. [9] _Proc. S. P. R._, July 1891, February 1892. [10] As far as the author has watched _séances_ personally, they have ended in nothing but “giggling and making giggle.” [11] Some _séances_ were held at —— College, Oxford, about 1875. The performers were all athletic undergraduates. The breath of chill air was always felt “before anything happened,” and, when the out-college men had gone, the owner of the rooms, in his bed-chamber, was disturbed by the racket which continued in the sitting-room. But I know not if he had sported his oak! [12] _An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences_, by Increase Mather. Boston, 1684; London, Reeves & Turner, 1890, pp. 101-111. [13] _Diseases of the Nervous System_, iii. 249. London, 1890. [14] _Proc. S. P. R._, xix. 160-173. [15] _Op. cit._, pp. 173-189. [16] _Memoirs of the Wesley Family_, by Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.A.S. London, 1823, pp. 161-200. [17] Letter to Terry, April 30. Lockhart, v. 309. [18] Scott to Terry, May 16. [19] Susannah Wesley to Samuel Wesley, March 27, 1717. [20] _Op. cit._, p. 193. [21] _Op. cit._, p. 194. [22] Note (_d_), p. 83. [23] _Memoirs of the Wesley Family_, p. 198. [24] Edinburgh: Mossman, 1696. There is a London reprint, of which I have a copy. The pamphlet is republished in Mr. Stevenson’s edition of Sinclair’s _Satan’s Invisible World Discovered_, 1685-1871, Appendix, p. xix. [25] Compare similar phenomena in _Obeah_, and in Peruvian example, note (_c_), p. 82. [26] Glanvil’s version is given in Sinclair’s _Satan’s Invisible World_. [27] Note (_e_), p. 85. [28] Note (_f_), p. 86. [29] The “earth-houses” in Scotland and the isles, which seem to have been inhabited at an early period, can seldom be called hills or mounds; being built for purposes of concealment, they are usually almost on a level with the surrounding land. The _Fairy hills_, on the other hand, are higher and much more notable, and were probably sepulchral. This, at least, is the impression left on me by Mr. MacRitchie’s book, _The Underground Life_. (Privately printed. Edinburgh, 1892.) [30] Note (_a_), p. 86. [31] Note (_b_), p. 87. [32] The _Death-candle_ is called DRUIG. [33] Note (_c_), p. 87. [34] Note (_d_), p. 88. [35] Note (_e_), p. 88. [36] Thus in the Manuscript, which is only a Transcript of Mr. Kirk’s Original. Perhaps M‘Intyre? [37] The original Transcriber has added: “See the Rest in a little Manuscript belonging to Coline Kirk,” probably the author’s son of that name.—A.L. [38] _The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon_, ch. cxviii. [39] Mr. Hoole’s account, _Memoirs of the Wesleys_, p. 91. [40] The letters to Pepys are quoted from his Correspondence, published as Vol. X. of his _Diary_ (New York, 1885). Bibliothèque de Carabas.