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that he must ^o and hold a light to his master, in his coach. Righ- 

 ellini, an ohserver, followed him closely, and remarked that he 

 stood still at the corners of the streets, with his torch in his hand, 

 not lighted, and waited awhile, in order that the carriage, which 

 he supposed to be following, might pass the place at which he 

 imagined the light was requirell. — The young Devaud, of Vevey, 

 one of the best reported cases of sleep-walking on record, being 

 engaged to write a theme, took pen, ink, and paper, lighted a can- 

 dle, and began to write. As he was writing, a thick j)aper was 

 placed before his eyes, notwithstanding which, he continued to 

 write and form his letters as before, shewing signs, however, that 

 something was incommoding him ; which apparently proceeded 

 from the obstruction which the paper^ being placed too near his nose, 

 opposed to his respiration. Upon another occasion the young som- 

 nambulist arose at five o'clock in the morning, and took the neces- 

 sary materials for writing, with his copy-book ; he meant to have 

 begun at the top of a page, but, finding it already written on^ he 

 came to the blank part of the leaf, and wrote some time from the 

 following words : Fiunt ignari pigritid. Us deviennent ignorans par 

 la paresse ; and, what is remarkable, after several lines, he per- 

 ceived he had forgotten the 6' in the word ignorans, and had put, 

 erroneously, a double r in paresse. He then gave over writing, to 

 add the s he had forgotten, and to erase the superfluous r. — Probably 

 the most remarkable case of this kind, in which the somnambulist 

 acted entirely independent of his organs of sense, is one which has 

 been given to the world by the Bishop of Bourdeaux, himself a 

 witness and reporter of the facts. A young priest in a catholic 

 seminary was accustomed to rise in his sleep, and write sermons. 

 After finishing a page, he read the whole aloud, and, if necessary, 

 erased words, and wrote his corrections over the line, with great 

 accuracy. In order to ascertain whether he made use of his eyes, a 

 card was put under his chin, so as to intercept the view of the 

 paper which was on the table, but he continued to write without 

 perceiving it. Wishing to know by what means he judged of the 

 presence of objects, the paper on which he was writing was repeat- 

 edly changed. He always perceived this by the difference of size ; 

 but when a paper of exactly the same shape and size was given to 

 him, he took it for his own, and wrote his corrections on places 

 corresponding to those on the paper which had been taken away 

 from him. The most astonishing thing is, that he would write 

 music with great exactness, tracing on it, at equal distances, the 

 five lines, and putting upon them the clef, flats, and sharps ; after. 



