Note 29 — Chapter I · My Childhood and Education.—My Mother.

Neeshie, or Night, is the name of a species of evil spirits who are believed by the Hindoos to walk invisibly on the earth in the shades of night, and to entice young children to go with them. It is a dangerous thing to be under their control, as the children cannot speak a word or call for help when they are carried aloft on the trees. The testimony of those who had been taken away by Neeshie is thus: “While our friends were crying for and searching after us we saw them, and wished to speak but could not.” The spirit, however, does not detain its victims long, but brings them to their home invisibly.