A SIXTH SENSE.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 3, 1 April 1920, Page 13

A SIXTH SENSE.

Sir Ernest Shackleton's staternent in his new book, "South," that during his march over the unnamed mountains and glaciers of South Georgia it seemed to him often tliat "the party v;as four, not three," has aroused great interest among students of the occult. Describing the incident more fully to a "Daily Mail" reporter, Sir Ernest said it wa? noticeahle throughout the expeditiou that at moments when everything seemed to be at its worst by some act of providence disaster was averted. "Neither Worsley nor Crean" (his companions), said Sir Ernest, "is an imaginative man. But when Worsley said 'Boss, 1 had a curious feeling on the march that there was another person with us,' Crean added: 'J,t's the sarnc with me.' " "At times," added Sir Ernest, "the feeling was so strong with me that I would tum expeeting to find a phantom person by my side, but actually I never saw a figure, nor did I hear a voice. "Almost as uncanny was the moment when, roped together and marching along in darkness and fog, something inexplicnble stayed my feet. We stood still, and a moment later the fog lifted, the moon came out, and there beneath us was a great gaping hole that would have swallowed a division. "There were other times when this in tar.gible feeling of impending danger came over me which I have not hertofore mentior ed. Fcr four days in our small boats w: were racing hefore the gale towards Clarence Island. Against the usual course that would have prompted most seamen, I euddenly decided in the middle of the night to turn the boats on to the sea anl wait. When davvn broke, rocks were directly ahead of our course, and bad we nio stopped when we did we should have been dashed to pie-ces. "Perhaps," added Sir Ernest, "ten months' comradeship with death gives oue a sixth sense."