216 THE BEGINNINGS OF SEERSHIP. Turvey.” And it is at Mr. Turvey's ew» request that we protect ourselves from criticism by adding the words “apparently” and “by an influence purporting to be.” Mr. Turvey was not in the room in his body. We believe his state- ment that he was in his house four miles away. Signed by M. WALKER. J. WALKER. E. BLAKE (Mrs.). G. LUCKHAM. F, LANEY, I may say that my signature as written by Mr. Blake was nearly as good as that which I write when I am very ill; and therefore I think that with practice we could get it exactly. The next attempt was partly a failure; for, although “I” controlled Mr. Blake and gave messages through him, yet “1” could not get him to give two particular “test” sentences. The tests I wanted to make Mr. Blake give to the circle were, first, to chaff Mrs. Walker for not having been to see me for such a long time, and secondly, to introduce myself (through the medium) to Mrs. Laney (a lady of whom I had heard, but whom I had not seen). I had men- tioned dot/ these proposed tests to Mr. Walker previously to attempting them; but, as I said before, “I” failed to make the medium give