A curious tale is told by several persons as follows:-- AN "ASTRAL BODY" Mr.Sparks and Mr.Cleave, young men of twenty and nineteen, were accustomed to "mesmerise" each other in their dormitory at Portsmouth, where they were students of naval engineering.

Mr.Sparks simply stared into Mr.Cleave's eyes as he lay on his bed till he "went off".
The experiments seemed so curious that witnesses were called, Mr.
Darley and Mr.Thurgood.

On Friday, 15th January, 1886, Mr.Cleave determined to try to see, when asleep, a young lady at Wandsworth to whom he was in the habit of writing every Sunday.

He also intended, if possible, to make _her_ see _him_.

On awaking, he said that he had seen her in the dining-room of her house, that she had seemed to grow restless, had looked at him, and then had covered her face with her hands.