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342 MY LIFEhimself to be searched so that the result might bepublished. After some difficulty he was persuaded,and four persons were appointed to make the examination.Immediately two of these led him into abedroom, while I and a friend who had come with meclosely examined the chair, floor, and walls, and werea glove hadable to declare that nothing so large asbeen left. We then joined the other two in the bedroom,and as Eglinton took off his clothes each articlewas passed through our hanjds, down to underclothingand socks, so that we could positively declare that nota single article besides his own clothes were foundupon him. The result was published in the Spiritualistnewspaper, certified by the names of all present.Yet one more case of materialization may be given,because it was even more remarkable in some respectsthan any which have been here recorded. A Mr.Monck, a Nonconformist clergyman, was a remarkablemedium, and in order to be able to examine the phenomenacarefully, and to preserve the medium fromthe injury often caused by repeated miscellaneousstances, four gentlemen secured his exclusive servicesfor a year, hiring apartments for him on a first floorin Bloomsbury, and paying him a moderate salary.Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood and Mr. Stainton Moseswere two of these, and they invited me to see thephenomena that occurred. It was a bright summerafternoon, and everything happened in the full lightof day. After a little conversation, Monck, who wasdressed in the usual clerical black, appeared to go intoa trance then stood up a few feet in front of us, and;after a little while pointed to his side, saying, " Look."We saw there a faint white patch on his coat on theleft side. This grew brighter, then seemed to flicker,and extend both upwards and downwards, till very