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forget his look of astonishment and horror as he yelled 

 out: * Damnation! What's that?' I can also well 

 remember my own feelings of satisfaction and com- 

 placency when the * natives ' congratulated me on my 

 success in this, my first case. I walked off, as if saying 

 to myself : ' I knew I could do it.' Well, Jack remained 

 awake about three days, and then I got a message that 

 my patient was off again. I went up and tried the 

 battery a second time, with only the effect, however, of 

 making him open his eyes and grunt out " Eh ? " in a 

 querulous manner, and after looking about him for a 

 half hour or so, he lapsed into his former condition. 

 Next day I again tried the battery but without the 

 slightest effect, so I gave it up as a hard case. 



" This is all I have to say about this singular object, 

 except that, of course, he becomes very thin and 

 haggard before he rouses finally in the spring, and he 

 does not fairly waken until the end of May or first of 

 June. During the summer months Jack does exactly 

 the work he is told to do, but he must be told over 

 again every day ; for example, if desired to bring the 

 cows from pasture he will do so, but will not milk 

 them until told to, nor will he turn them a-field again 

 without being desired. He does not seem to know 

 what to do next, even though the same routine is 

 carried out every day. An exception, however, must 

 be made in one respect. He does not require to be told 

 when dinner or tea-time arrives, and is blessed with an 

 excellent appetite. Jack is always ready for his food, 

 and is not particular about quality, so that quantity is 

 there. He will talk quite rationally on any subject 

 when spoken to, and recollects distinctly most of the 

 incidents of his childhood. He will hold animated 

 confab with the cows, dogs, trees, wheelbarrow, or any 

 other object which happens to be in his way, and may 

 be noticed sometimes lecturing a tree for some time, 



