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for all things frighted him. I then with much difficulty persuaded him to cast 

 himself across the bed upon his belly, hanging his head over the other side; 

 persuading myself that this posture might be advantageous to his drinking, since 

 that in the erect posture, of a man he could not so much as endure the approach 

 of liquor. In this posture then of a dog, he suffered a large bowl filled with 

 small-beer to be brought under his head, and embracing it with raptures of joy, 

 he declared he was infinitely refreshed with the smell of it ; that he now saw it 

 with delight, and assured us he should be able soon to drink, it all off\ And 

 though he had just before thought himself dying, he now talked pleasantly, and 

 said many passionate things to his brother, wife, &c. wonderfully extolling this 

 invention, and thanking me for it. He endeavoured with great earnestness to 

 put down his head to it, but could not ; his stomach rose as often as he opened 

 his lips ; at length he put out his tongue and made towards it as though he 

 would lap; but as often as his tongue touched the surface of the beer, he started 

 back aflfrighed. And yet seemed pleased with the thoughts of drinking; and 

 would not suff'er it to be taken away from under his head ; and if it was but a 

 little withdrawn, he said he followed it by the smell with delight, snuffing with 

 his nostrils. After a long time trying in vain, he alleged that the faint smell of 

 the small-beer hindered him from drinking, and therefore desired a bowl of ale; 

 which was brought him ; but after much striving, and exerting his tongue a 

 thousand times, he could not drink of it ; and lapping with great affiights, as 

 oft as his tongue touched it he started back with his head, bringing it down 

 again gently to the bowl a hundred times, but all in vain. And in this posture, 

 what upon his belly and what upon his hands and knees, he kept himself at least 

 an hour thus tantalizing himself; but still it was not in his power to drink. We 

 then gave him a quill which consisted of two or three joints, the one end in his 

 mouth and the other in the liquor ; but he could not manage it, nor suck any 

 more than a dog. I persuaded him to cease trying, and lie down ; which he 

 did; and not long after my going away he fell into a convulsion fit, bit and 

 snarled, and catched at every body, and foamed at the mouth. After this fit 

 was over he took an elleborism in a bolus, which was taken like the rest, and 

 very willingly by him ; it wrought about 3 or 4 times very plentifully, and he 

 declared himself wonderfully at ease by it ; but yet now and then became con- 

 vulsed, and then was always insensible. 



After 4 hours I returned to him again. He was again solicited to drink, and 

 he now readily enough put himself into the former posture, and with as much 

 earnestness as ever used all the little shifts to drink, while the bowl was under 

 his head; but all in vain. He had a little silver tumbler filled with drink put 

 into his hand; which suddenly, when he had as it were stolen it near his mouth. 



