{91b} The belief is prevalent among the Maoris of New Zealand, where the apparition is regarded as a proof of death.

{91c} Now there is nothing in savage philosophy to account for this opinion of the Maoris.

A man's "spirit" leaves his body in dreams, savages think, and as dreaming is infinitely more common than death, the Maoris should argue that the appearance is that of a man's spirit wandering in his sleep.

However, they, like many Europeans, associate a man's apparition with his death.

Not being derived from their philosophy, this habit may be deduced from their experience.
As there are, undeniably, many examples of hallucinatory appearances of persons in perfect health and ordinary circumstances, the question has been asked whether there are _more_ cases of an apparition coinciding with death than, according to the doctrine of chances, there ought to be.