first called； did not please him。 Or perhaps this had been used before。 I was glad to receive many letters from strangers thanking me for it。
In July 1904 there happened to me a very extraordinary incident。 The story is contained in a letter from me which appeared in The Times for July 21； 1904； together with letters from various other persons testifying to the facts of the case。 These letters and other matter were included in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research for October 1904； from which I make short extracts relating the facts。 Should any one wish to study it in detail； with the corroborating letters； they are referred to the number of the Society’s Journal。
On the night of Saturday； July 9； I went to bed about 12。30； and suffered from what I took to be a nightmare。 I was awakened by my wife’s voice calling to me from her own bed upon the other side of the room。 I dreamed that a black retriever dog； a most amiable and intelligent beast named Bob； which was the property of my eldest daughter； was lying on its side among brushwood； or rough growth of some sort； by water。 In my vision the dog was trying to speak to me in words； and； failing； transmitted to my mind in an undefined fashion the knowledge that it was dying。 Then everything vanished； and I woke to hear my wife asking me why on earth I was making those horrible and weird noises。 I replied that I had had a nightmare about a fearful struggle； and that I had dreamed that old Bob was in a dreadful way； and was trying to talk to me and to tell me about it。
On the Sunday morning Mrs。 Rider Haggard told the tale at breakfast； and I repeated my story in a few words。
Thinking that the whole thing was nothing more than a disagreeable dream； I made no inquiries about the dog a