155. The intelligence that acts is often manifested
by other unequivocal signs. Having reached the end
of the page, the pencil makes a spontaneous movement
to turn ; if he wish to refer to a preceding passage
in the same page, or in another, he seeks it with the
point of the pencil, as with the finger, then underlines
it. Should the spirit wish to address one of the assist-
ants, the end of the beak of wood is directed toward
him. To abridge, he often expresses the words yes
and no by the sign of affirmation and negation, as we
do with the head ; if he wish to express anger or im-
patience, he strikes forcibly with the point of the
pencil, often breaking it.
