words whereof he noted down as follows:

"Mammassudi di pajanu,
Palletu di pajanu,
Majassu stigneta.
Pallettu di pajanu,
Palè la stagneta.
Mancata stigneta.
Pro nastu varitu pressu du
Visu, e da terra!"

Of which words Kircher declares that they are probably of mingled
corrupt Greek and ancient Sicilian, but that whatever they are, they
certainly are admirable for the catching of fish.



CHAPTER X.

THE SUBLIMINAL SELF.

While the previous pages of this work were in the press, I received
and read a very interesting and able Book, entitled, "Telepathy and
the Subliminal Self, or an account of recent investigations regarding
Hypnotism, Automatism, Dreams, Phantoms, and related phenomena," by R.
OSGOOD MASON, A.M., Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr.
MASON, on the whole, may be said to follow HARTMANN, since he places
Thaumaturgy, or working what have been considered as wonders,
miracles, and the deeds of spiritualists, on the evolutionary or
material basis. He is also far less superstitious or prone to seek the