M'Aulay in the text, occur in Theophilus Insulanus (Rev. Mr.

Fraser's Treatise on the Second Sight, Relations x. and xvii.):--
"Barbara Macpherson, relict of the deceased Mr. Alexander

MacLeod, late minister of St. Kilda, informed me the natives of
that island had a particular kind of second sight, which is

always a forerunner of their approaching end. Some months before
they sicken, they are haunted with an apparition, resembling

themselves in all respects as to their person, features, or
clothing. This image, seeminglyanimated, walks with them in the

field in broad daylight; and if they are employed in delving,
harrowing, seed-sowing, or any other occupation, they are at the

same time mimicked by this ghostly visitant. My informer added
further that having visited a sick person of the inhabitants, she

had the curiosity to enquire of him, if at any time he had seen
any resemblance of himself as above described; he answered in the

affirmative, and told her, that to make farther trial, as he was
going out of his house of a morning, he put on straw-rope garters

instead of those he formerly used, and having gone to the fields,
his other self appeared in such garters. The conclusion was, the

sick man died of that ailment, and she no longer questioned the
truth of those remarkable presages."

"Margaret MacLeod, an honest woman advanced in years, informed
me, that when she was a young woman in the family of Grishornish,

a dairy-maid, who daily used to herd the calves in a park close
to the house, observed, at different times, a woman resembling

herself in shape and attire, walking solitarily at no great
distance from her, and being surprised at the apparition, to make

further trial, she put the back part of her upper garment
foremost, and anon the phantom was dressed in the same manner,

which made her uneasy, believing it portended some fatal
consequence to herself. In a short time thereafter she was

seized with a fever, which brought her to her end, and before her
sickness and on her deathbed, declared the second sight to

several."
End

• minister [´ministə] n.部长；大臣 v.伺候 (初中英语单词)
• haunted [´hɔ:tid] a.常出现鬼的，闹鬼的 (初中英语单词)
• daylight [´deilait] n.日光；黎明 (初中英语单词)
• occupation [,ɔkju´peiʃən] a.职业的；军事占领的 (初中英语单词)
• curiosity [,kjuəri´ɔsiti] n.好奇；奇事；珍品 (初中英语单词)
• formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)
• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)
• remarkable [ri´mɑ:kəbl] a.值得注意的；显著的 (初中英语单词)
• advanced [əd´vɑ:nst] a.先进的；高级的 (初中英语单词)
• resemblance [ri´zembləns] n.类似；肖像；外表 (高中英语单词)
• attire [ə´taiə] vt.装饰；穿 n.衣服 (高中英语单词)
• uneasy [ʌn´i:zi] a.不安的；不自在的 (高中英语单词)
• thereafter [ðeə´rɑ:ftə] adv.此后，其后 (高中英语单词)
• treatise [´tri:tiz, -tis] n.(专题)论文 (英语四级单词)
• sicken [´sikən] v.(使)生病；厌恶 (英语四级单词)
• seemingly [´si:miŋli] ad.表面上；似乎 (英语四级单词)
• ailment [´eilmənt] n.疾病；精神不安 (英语四级单词)
• calves [kɑ:vz] calf的复数 (英语四级单词)
• apparition [,æpə´riʃən] n.(幽灵)出现；鬼；幻影 (英语六级单词)
• animated [´ænimeitid] a.栩栩如生的；活跃的 (英语六级单词)
• ghostly [´gəustli] a.鬼的；朦胧的 (英语六级单词)
• phantom [´fæntəm] n.幽灵；幻影 a.幻想的 (英语六级单词)