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gether ungovernable, and, while exercising a few 

 of his combative qualities, he suddenly recollect- 

 ed that he had a considerable sum of money up- 

 on him : he instinctively placed his hand where 

 he supposed it to be, and, to his astonishment, 

 found it missing. This unpleasant discovery im- 

 mediately produced a death-like paleness of the 

 face, and he became as quiet and collected as one 

 that had taken no spirits. After making in- 

 quiry concerning it, he learnt that his brother 

 had taken it from him for the purpose of secur- 

 ing it : being assured of the truth of this, he 

 immediately became as intoxicated and ungo- 

 vernable as before. 



Fear, as I have before stated, diminishes the 

 quantity, and probably the action, of blood in the 

 superior and inferior extremities, and on the 

 surface of the body. This change was suddenly 

 induced in the above example, by the supposed 

 loss of the money ; and as soon as the alarm was 

 found to be false, so soon did the respiratory 

 function resume its previous action, and re- 

 establish the abnormal circulation of the brain. 



