"On February 19th, at about 6.45 P.M., I visited the burn with Miss
Langton (_and not Miss Freer_). After looking a little I saw (_a_);
the white was very plain, and the head clearly outlined, but the
vision was for the fraction of a second. I was conscious of it
indistinctly for a few minutes, and there seemed a good deal of
movement. Suddenly I was again conscious of the figure as shown in
(_b_), full-face, as though gazing at me; again the white part was
very distinct, but I could distinguish no features."

[Illustration: a]

[Illustration: b]

_February 20th, Saturday._--This morning we went down to ---- and
had a little talk with the old servant who told us stories the
other day about the Major, and she repeated the story of his
threatened return. The same story was repeated independently this
afternoon by [a local tradesman], who opened conversation by
inquiring whether we had "seen the Major yet."

Miss Moore and I again this morning heard noises in No. 8, more
especially those of the pattering footsteps, just after
daylight, and a violent jump and scramble, which we thought was
our dog, until we found that he was sleeping peacefully as usual
on his rug at our feet.

In a letter to Lord Bute, dated February 21, 1897, Mr "Q." gives the
following account:--

"On February 20th, at about 6.45 P.M., I visited the burn with Miss