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footftep in the gallery, he begged, in the moft 
Piteous accents, to be protected from harm. 
He had never offered the leaft violence to any 
one, fince the commencement of the difeafe ; 
and, even now, when the encreafed fecretion 
of faliva occafioned him to fpit out very fre- 
quently, he apologized to the by-ftanders, and 
always defired them to move out of the way. I 
obferved, he frequently fixed his eyes, with 
horror and affright, on fome ideal object ; and 
then, witha fudden and violent motion, buried 
his head underneath the bed-cloaths. The laft 
time I faw him repeat this aétion, I was induced 
to enquire into the caufe of his terror.—He 
eagerly afked, if I had not heard howlings 
and fcratchings? On being anfwered in’ the 
negative, he fuddenly threw himfelf upon his 
knees, extending his arms in a defenfive pofture, 
and forcibly throwing back his head and body. 
The mufcles of the face were agitated by various 
fpafmodie contortions; —his eye balls glared, and 
feemed ready to ftart from their fockets ;—-and 
at that moment, when crying out in an agoni- 
zing tone : — ‘* Do you not fee that black dog?” 
“ his countenance and attitude exhibited the. 
moft dreadful picture of complicated horror, 
diftrefs and rage, that words can defcribe, or 
imagination paint!—The irritability of the 
whole fyftem was now become exceffive. He 
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