Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — Effect of Imagination. [ARTICLE]

Effect of Imagination.

When Sir Joseph Fayrer was with hia ship In the Bahamas he landed on an island, left the boat on shore and went Inland exploring. Presently, to hia dismay, he saw the boat drifting out to sea. He rushed down to the water’s edge, divested himself of all but, some cotton underclothing and plunged in. As he swam something appeared to seize his leg, and he remembered in an instant that the sea swarmed with sharks. He nearly sunk with horror, fully persuaded that his leg was gone. But, mastering his fear, he swam on to the boat Then he found that his alarm had been paused by a tape with which his underclothing was tied below the knee. It had come unfastened, and the supposed shark bite was only a wet tape winding and unwinding abont his leg.