66 MEMOIRS OF 



they faw him {landing upon a tub, encir- 

 cled by a crowd of people, and refuting 

 the entreaties of an apothecary of the 

 place, one of his old acquaintance, who 

 was importuning hi in to go to his houfe, 

 and accept of other raiments till his own 

 could be dried. 



The party, on preftmg through the 

 crowd, were furprifed to hear him fpeaking 

 without any degree of his ufual ftammer. 



" Have I not told you, my friend, that 

 " I had drank a confiderable quantity of 

 " wine before I committed myfelf to the 

 " river. You know my general fobriety ; 

 " and, as a profeffional man, you ought 

 " to know, that the unufual exiftence of 

 " Internal ftimulus, would, in its effects 

 < c upon the iyftem, counteract the external 

 " cold and moifture." 



Then, perceiving his companions near 

 him, he nodded, fmiled, and w r aved his 

 hand, as enjoining them filence, thus, with- 

 out heiitation, addreffing the populace. 



" Yc 



