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alter the ap- would be seen if previously meditated upon. With this 

 phamasms^^^ "^''*''^^ !^ '''^' ^^^^ ^ reflected upon landscapes and scenes 

 of architectural grandeur, while the ilices were flashing 

 before nie ; and after a certain considerable interval of 

 time, of which I can form no precise judgment, a rural 

 - scene of hills, vallies and fields appeared before me, whiqli 

 —which sue- was succeeded by another and another in ceaseless sue- 

 cession ; the manner and times of their respective ap- 

 peavance, duration and vanishing being not sensibly dif- 

 ferent from those of the faces. All the scenes were calm, 

 and still, withotit any strong >lights or^lare, and delight- 

 fully calculated to inspire notions of retirement, peace, 

 2^tKe'Tns?ant ^^'^"^"i^^'^y ^"^ ^^ppy meditation. T do not remember 

 of takingamc- ^ow long these lasted, but think it was the next morning 

 4iaac:— that they all vanished, at the very instant of taking a 



draught, composed of lemon juice, saturated with potash, 

 with a small addition of the pulvis londinensis. I cannot 

 think the effect was owing to any peculiar virtue of this 

 medicine (for it took place before the draught had ac- 

 tually entered the stoiiiach) but merely to the stimulus 

 of the subacid cold fluid. 

 — ^but return How long the appearances were suspended, I did not 



af^ain, though note, or have now for£;otten. The fever continued with 

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the same frequency of pulse, and pain m the side, attended 



with yawning and great increase of suffering while in the 

 prone posture. Notwithstanding the saline antimoiiial me- 

 dicine was continued, the figures returned ; but 'they now 

 consisted of books, or parchments, or papers containing 

 printed matter. I do not know whether I read any of 

 them, buf^m at present inclined to think they were either 

 not distinctly legible or did. not remain a sufficient time 

 — which were before they vanished. ' I was now so well aware of the 



Jitkvrf^ ^ ^°' connection of thought with these appearances, that "by 

 fixing my mind on the consideration of manuscript instead 

 oftlic printed type, the papers appeared, after a time, only 

 with manuscript writing : and afterwards by the same 

 process, instead of being erect, ibey were all inverted or 

 appeared upside down. 

 Delusions of It occurred to me that all these delusions were of one 



hearinT^^ ^ sense only ; namely, the sight ; and upon considering the 

 recurrence of sounds, a few simple musical tones were 



afterwards 



