April 8th, 1887.
| No. of Trial. | Percipient. | Agents. | Original Drawing. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Mdlle. Louise. | 5. (plus Mr. Myers) | This figure was drawn by Mr. Myers. | At the end of a few minutes, Mdlle.Louise said, "I see three fish on a skewer." Not being well understood, she explained, "Three fish held by a skewer, that is as they are sold in the fish markets; but everybody knows that!" Then she took off her bandage and drew— |
| 67 | Failure. | |||
| 68 | Failure. | |||
| 69 | Mdlle. Louise. | 5. (plus Mr. Myers) |
Appended is a statement from Mdlle. Jane D., a young lady of 20, who appears to have been one of the most successful percipients in this series:—
"Whenever I have taken part in the experiments as percipient, I have endeavoured to expel from my mind all thoughts and images, and have remained inactive, with my hands over my eyes, waiting for the production of an impression; sometimes I have tied up my eyes, but this plan has not always been successful. At other times the idea of an object has presented itself to me before I have seized its form, but most frequently I seemed to see the picture either black on a white ground, or white on a black ground. In general, the objects present themselves in an undecided manner, and pass away very rapidly; usually I only grasp a portion of them.
"Whenever I have been most successful, I have remarked that the picture has presented itself to my imagination almost instantaneously. Sometimes also I have been led to draw an object of which the name was forced on me, as if by some external influence. "JANE D.
"Paris, February 17th, 1888."
Appended are a few facsimiles of the most successful of the above results, reproduced in the original size.
No. 51.—ORIGINAL.
No. 51.—REPRODUCTION.