A PHANTASM OF THE LIVING.
[To THE Eorroa or TER "Sracriroz."] Bin,—Is the following of sufficient interest to cause its inser- tion in your columns F Several years ago I had a very vivid dream, in which I seemed to be in the bow of a rowing boat. There was a hand and wrist appearing above the surface of the water, and in the dream I glided near this, until, by lean- ing over the front of the boat,I was able to grasp the wrist, and drag the body of a man or boy to the land and lay it on the ground. Two or three days after this a boy was drowning in a river which runs into the head of Lake Windermere. He was carried along by a very strong current, and had become almost unconscious. Just as I got near him he sank again, but by running to the front end of the boat I was able to grasp his wrist, and drag him to the side, by which time he was quite unconscious, and I laid him on the- bank of the stream. The whole affair was exactly as pictured in the dream, except that the thing actually occurred about a mile away from the place as seen in the dream. The boy soon regained consciousness. I had only mentioned the dream, previous to the actual happening, to one friend, which I very much regret, as although the fact that the boy had a very narrow escape and was taken from the water as described above can be proved by reference to the local papers, " unbelievers " may say that there is only the word of two persons for the dream part of the affair.—I am, Sir, &c.,
BARQUE.
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