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out at an acute angle. I managed to turn round, There were two of me! In the name of common sense—there were two of me! There was another 'me' lying quietly upon the bed. "The next thing which caught my eye explained the curious sensation at the back of my head—for my two identical bodies were joined by means of an elastic-like cord, one end of which was fastened to the medulla oblongata region of my phantom counterpart, while the other end centred between the eyes of my physical counterpart. This cord extended across the space of perhaps six feet which separated us. All this time I was having difficulty to keep my balance, swaying first to one side, then to the other." It may be remembered that Gerhardi was also alarmed by the unsteadiness of his movements, his body staggering like that of a drunkard, pulled by his thoughts now one way and now another. But the experience is not universal. Muldoon's first thought, on seeing his outstretched body, was that he had died while asleep; in spite of which he became anxious to tell his fellow-lodgers of his awful plight, and he made his way, struggling against the magnetic pull of the cord, towards the door; but, when he attempted to open it, found himself passing through it. "Going from one room to another," he continues, "I tried fervently to arouse the sleeping occupants of the house—but my hands passed through them as if they were but vapours.... All of my senses seemed normal, save that of touch.... An automobile passed the house; I could see it and hear it plainly. After a while the clock struck two, and looking, I saw it registering the hour." He continued to move about, anxious about the effect the discovery of his dead body might produce, until, he tells us: "I