"What follows is transcribed," says the Doctor, "from Major Buckley's
note-book." We abridge the narrative. Major Buckley hypnotised a
young officer, who, on November 15, 1845, fell into "a deeper state"
of trance. Thence he awoke into a "clairvoyant" condition and said:--

QUEEN MARY'S JEWELS

"I have had a strange dream about your ring" (a "medallion" of Anthony
and Cleopatra); "it is very valuable."

Major Buckley said it was worth 60 pounds, and put the ring into his
friend's hand.

"It belonged to royalty."

"In what country?"

"I see Mary, Queen of Scots. It was given to her by a man, a
foreigner, with other things from Italy. It came from Naples. It is
not in the old setting. She wore it only once. The person who gave
it to her was a musician."

The seer then "saw" the donor's signature, "Rizzio". But Rizzio
spelled his name Riccio! The seer now copied on paper a writing which
in his trance he saw on vellum. The design here engraved (p. 32) is
only from a rough copy of the seer's original drawing, which was made
by Major Buckley.

[Picture of vellum as described in the text - images/rizzo.gif]