I ought to say that, while these events were taking place, my eyes were carefully observing the medium as well as the persons who were by my side. I can therefore, boldly certify that I was not the victim of any illusion or subterfuge, and that the head which I touched was the head of a real and unknown person. I felt myself afterwards gently stroked several times, upon the face and head, the neck and the breast, by a hand which came out from behind the curtain. At last I saw the portiere move aside and a little hand, very moist, very soft, stretched out and placed on my right hand. Quick as thought, I reached my left hand to this place to seize it; but, after having held it closely pressed in mine for several seconds, it seemed to melt away between my fingers. Before closing, let me say, by way of additional authentication, that M. Flammarion had the extreme kindness to have this seance given for my family and myself, and it therefore took on a very markedly private character. The seance having lasted from 9.20 to 11.45 P.M., we several times asked the medium if she felt fatigued. Eusapia said no. It was only when the last experiment took place, when we (myself and my family) had been caressed and embraced, that the medium, feeling tired, decided to end the sitting. My wife is convinced, as I am, that she embraced her daughter, recognizing her hair and the general appearance of her person. Report of M. Le Bocain (_The Same Seance_) The following are some extraordinary phenomena which I observed during the course of this seance and of which I believe I can give a report as exact as it is impartial, having personally taken the most minute precautions to assure myself of the perfect fairness of the conditions under which these different wonders were produced. I only speak, be it understood, of circumstances or actions with which I myself was associated both as actor and as spectator. 1. At the opening of the sitting and _during the time_ that the table was engaged in all sorts of noisy pranks, I clearly felt the pressure of a hand clasping me in a friendly way upon the right shoulder. In order to make the matters clear, I ought to depose that-- a) I sat at the left of the medium and held her hand; that, furthermore, during the whole sitting her foot was placed on mine. b) That, with Eusapia's hand always tightly pressed in mine, I proved, by _suddenly_ placing it upon her knees, _at the very moment that the table was rising from beside us_, that her lower limbs were in a normal position and _absolutely motionless_.