censorious. Their frame of mind is very contrary to the gospel teaching,
and to science; but the division of labour is moral as well as material;
one man takes the kicks undeservedly, another the halfpence undeservedly.
These gentle people can thus be driven into apparently insane acts, if
they have fools about them.

The fact of the name Ishbel being transferred to the inquirers assembled
at Ballechin, may indicate whose was the spirit that should profess to
preach to victims. Women are often said to be worse, if evil, than men,
and they play this ugly role better.

That rain interrupted the phenomena is another point against the
partisans of the supernatural. When after rain the nun was surprised and
chased by Miss Freer, it would seem that she intended mischief to some
other member of the garrison at B----, or she would have been _en
rapport_ with Miss Freer, and aware that she was nearing her.

The pronunciation of the names Ishbel and Margaret only indicate a
non-Highlander being implicated, but it seems possible that the latter
name, for which there was no particular cause, may have been a punning
appellation. Mar-garret, as the grey woman, attacked the servants
in the attics. Such a joke is characteristic of such villains, and shows
that they are tolerably educated people. Their avoiding Mr. Z. may
indicate that they may have been brought in contact with him, in the
fifty different ways that an editor may have seen people--their
contributing to the press is not impossible. They must have some money
too. The writer believes that physiology and many other branches of
science, notably social, will be benefited by studying this case.

Lord Bute, Miss Freer, Colonel Taylor, and other members of the