I saw a burning cross lying on the slope of that mound.

It burned with a pale greenish light, and did not waste, though I watched it for a long time, as the boat I was in moved slowly with the current and I had stopped rowing.
"I know that my eyes were open, and I was awake while I was looking at this cross.

I think my eyes were open when I saw these other appearances, but I felt just as if I were dreaming while awake.
"I heard a faint rustling sound, and on looking up I saw many figures moving around me, and I seemed to see myself among them as if I were outside of myself.
"The figures did not walk, but slid or glided with an even movement, as if without any effort.

They made many gestures, and seemed to speak, but I cannot tell whether I heard what they said, or knew its meaning in some other way.
"I knew the faces of some of these figures.

They were the same I have seen in portraits, as long as I can remember, at the old house where I was brought up, called The Poplars.