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into his pocket. He went to the door of the chamber, opened 

 it, and stepped out on the staircase: When he came below, one 

 of us made a noise by accident : he appeared frightened, and 

 hastened his steps. His servant desired us to move softly, and 

 not to speak, or he would become out of his mind; and some- 

 times he ran as if he were pursued, if the least noise was made 

 by those standing around him. He went into a large court and 

 to the stable, stroked his horse, bridled it, and looked for the 

 saddle to put on it. As he did not find it in the accustomed 

 place, he appeared confused. He then mounted his horse and 

 galloped to the house door. He found this shut; dismounted, and 

 knocked several times at the door with a stone which he had 

 picked up. After many unsuccessful efforts he remounted, and,, 

 led his horse to the watering place, which was at the other end 

 of the court, let it drink, tied it to a post, and went quietly to 

 the house. Upon hearing a noise which the servants made in 

 the kitchen, he listened attentively, went to the door, and held 

 his ear to the keyhole. After some time he went to the other 

 side, and into a parlour in which was a billiard table.- He walked 

 round it several times, and acted the. motions of a player. He 

 then went to a harpsichord on which he was accustomed to prac- 

 tise, and played a few irregular airs. After having moved about 

 for two hours, he went to his room, and threw himself on his 

 bed in his clothes, and we found him in them the next morning, 

 for after his attacks, he always slept eight or ten hours. The 

 servants declared they could put an end to the paroxysm only 

 either by tickling his soles, or blowing a trumpet in his ear." 1 



Here, hearing, touch, the sense of weight and resistance were 

 active, and probably sight to some degree ; he was roused with 

 impunity. 



Drs. Righellini and Pigatti describe, from their own ob- 

 servation, the sleep-waking of a man servant named Negretti, 

 twenty -four years of age, who, from his eleventh year, had ex- 

 perienced attacks of the disease in March, not extending beyond 

 April. March 16. 1740, after going to sleep on a bench in 

 the kitchen, he first began to talk, then walked about, went to 

 the dining-room and spread a table for dinner, and placed him- 



1 L. A. Muratori, della forza delta Fantasia Umana, Venezia. 1766. Dr. 

 Pritchard, 1. c. 



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