Left ankle pricked. Rightly located.
Now it would be foolish to attribute such results as these to chance. But let us proceed.
Dr. Blair Thaw tried a number of experiments in transferring colours. The following are samples:
Colours Chosen at Random
| Chosen | 1st Guess | 2nd Guess |
| Bright red. | Bright red. | .... |
| Bright green. | Light green. | .... |
| Yellow. | Dark blue. | Yellow. |
| Bright yellow. | Bright yellow. | .... |
| Dark red. | Blue. | Dark red. |
| Dark blue. | Orange. | Dark blue. |
| Orange. | Green. | Heliotrope. |
In 1895 Mr. Henry G. Rawson published a paper on the subject, in which he narrated his success in transferring the diagrams of objects. Tracings of these are given herewith. (O = original and R = reproduction.) Further comment is hardly necessary.
Diagram Illustrative of Thought-Transference.
He also tried a number of experiments in naming cards drawn at random from the pack (where the chance is always 51 to 1 of being correct, and the chance of being correct a number of times in succession is inconceivably great) and he attained the following results, among others: