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made known to her ; and she is still quite unconscious of what 

 has transpired." h 



Here sight was suspended, but hearing perfect, as well as 

 touch and the feeling of weight and resistance ; all was forgot- 

 icn ; she was roused by shaking, and with impunity. 



A lad named George David, sixteen years old, in the ser- 

 vice of Mr. Hewson, a '* butcher in Bridge Road, Lambeth, at 

 about twenty minutes past nine, bent forward in his chair, and 

 rested his forehead on his hands, and in ten minutes started up, 

 went for his whip, put on one spur, and went thence into the 

 stable ; not finding his own saddle in the proper place, he re- 

 turned to the house and asked for it. Being asked what he 

 wanted with it, he replied, to go his rounds. He returned to 

 the stable, got on the horse without the saddle, and was pro- 

 ceeding to leave the stable : it was with much difficulty and 

 force that Mr. Hewson, junior, assisted by the other lad, could 

 remove him from the horse : his strength was great, and it was 

 with difficulty that he was brought in doors." " The lad con- 

 sidered himself as stopped at the turnpike gate, and took six- 

 pence out of his pocket to be changed ; and holding out his 

 hand for the change, the sixpence was returned to him. He 

 immediately observed, * None of your nonsense, that is the six- 

 pence again ; give me my change.' When twopence halfpenny 

 was given to him, he counted it over, and said, ' None of your 

 gammon, that is not right ; I want a penny more,' making the 

 threepence halfpenny, which was the proper change. He then 

 said, * Give me my castor,' (meaning his hat) which slang term 

 he had been in the habit of using, and then began to whip and 

 spur to get his horse on. His pulse was at this time at 136, full 

 and hard; no change of countenance could be observed, nor 

 any spasmodic affection of the muscles, the eyes remaining close 

 the whole of the time." " During the time of bleeding, Mr. Hew- 

 son related a circumstance of a Mr. Harris, optician in Holborn, 

 whose son, some years since, walked out on the parapet of the 

 house in his sleep. The boy joined the conversation, and ob- 

 served, ' He lived at the corner of Brownlow Street.' After the 

 arm was tied up he unlaced one boot, and said he would go to 

 bed. In three minutes from this time, he awoke, got up, and 



h Dr. Macnish, 164. sqq. 



