Year: 1860

BT The experience of Prof. Agassiz, men
toned by US recently, is thus related in the
Spiritual Magazine:


"Agassiz had been deeply cogitatinp on
fossil which had been recently discovered.
having new and remarkable peculiarities. 1t
was apparently the connecting link between
vertebrate and the lower animals as the mud.
hsh from Africa, exhibited in the Crystal Pal
ace, is the connecting link between fishes and
reptiles; but what was most mortifyinp and
puzzling to him was that the very part of the
FOSSIL which should have showed the most inter
estlng part was covered with the strong deposit
IN which 1t had been embedded While nom


derlng the subject in bed, he fell asleep, and


in dream he was delighted to have the whole


hidden part, and all its mec echanism and differ


ences, clearly displayed before his eyes, and,


besides, to see intuitiveIy the exact place whic
IL hiied In comparative anatomy He awoke in
the morning with the subject fresh in his mind:
Dur, alas, no sooner did he try to recall it than
the whole of what he had seen had vanished
from his memory, and all he could remember
was that he had seen it in its most satisfactory
| extent; Ine next night, again thinking deeply
Oh IL, ne fell asleep, and the whole scene was
again presented before his mind. He deter
| mined to try to remember it, and to make an


effort to awake; but he still slept on, and in the
| morning had again forgotten all that he had
desired to remember. He determined, if he
should ever dream of it again, that he would
make the strongest effort to awaken and have
paper on the bedside on which to fix the infor-


nation. Accordingly, on going to bed. he
placed some paper and a pencil beside him,
again thinking of his wonderful fossil, when
what was his delight, during his sleep, Mt find
ing the whole, for third time, clearly pictured
before him. Now, then, to awaken and transfer
it to the paper! But no; he still slept on, and
In the morning was distressed beyond measure
to find that the whole had entirely vanished
from his memory. In this disconsolate state he
commenced to dress, but had not proceeded far
when his eyes fell on the paper and pencil by


his bedside, and, going to them, he was aston


ished to find upon the paper an accurate draw


ing of the complete fossil. with all its parts. II


was, in fact, the picture of his vision, and gave


him again all he had seen in his seep lie


tells this himself, and says that he cannot
account for the picture being there-whether


he got up and did it himself, or whether it was
dOno by other means with which our readers
who arc acquainted with direct spirit-writipg
are familiar. Having secured the drawing, the
professor compared it with the fossil, and. as


his curiosity WAS now largely excited he ven.
tured on endeavoring to uncover that part of it


which was concealed under the stony deposite


Applying fine chisel to the part, he was for


tunate enough to remove the covering, and


there was displayed before his eyes the exact
counterpartof his picture, and his three dreams.


If he were not a professor, we think he might.


after such fact, believe in spiritual laws and


energies, and in himself