Nay, there is recorded an experience of one of the living persons mentioned in this narrative,--to be given in full in its proper place, which, so far as it is received in evidence, tends to show that some, at least, who have long been dead, may enjoy a kind of secondary and imperfect, yet self-conscious life, in these bodily tenements which we are in the habit of considering exclusively our own.

There are many circumstances, familiar to common observers, which favor this belief to a certain extent.

Thus, at one moment we detect the look, at another the tone of voice, at another some characteristic movement of this or that ancestor, in our relations or others.

There are times when our friends do not act like themselves, but apparently in obedience to some other law than that of their own proper nature.

We all do things both awake and asleep which surprise us.
Perhaps we have cotenants in this house we live in.