MAMMALIA—MAN 43 
“It is also to be noted, that these figures appeared to me at all times, 
under the most different circumstances, equally distinct and clear. Whe- 
ther I was alone or in company, by broad daylight equally as in the night- 
time, in my own as well as in my neighbor’s house; yet when I was at 
another person’s house they were less frequent, and when I walked the 
public street they very seldom appeared. When I shut my eyes, sometimes 
the figures disappeared, sometimes they remained, even after ] had closed 
my eyes. If they vanished in the former case, on opening my eyes again 
the same figures appearea which I had seen before. 
“T sometimes conversed with my physician and my wife, concerning the 
phantasms which at the time hovered around me; for in general the forms 
appeared oftener in motion than at rest. They did not always continue 
present — they frequently left me altogether, and again appeared for a shorter 
or longer space of time, singly or more at once; but, in general, several 
appeared together. For the most part, I saw human figures of both sexes ; 
they commonly passed to and fro as if they had no connection with each 
other, like people at a fair, where all is bustle; sometimes they appeared to 
have business with one another. Once or twice 1 saw amongst them persons 
on horseback, and dogs and birds; these figures all appeared to me in their 
natural size, as distinctly as if they had existed in real life, with the several 
“tints on the uncovered parts of the body, and with all the different kinds 
uf colors of clothes. But I think, however, that the colors were somewhat 
paler than they are in nature. 
“None of the figures had any distinguishing characteristic; they were 
neither terrible, ludicrous, nor repulsive: most of them were ordinary ap- 
pearances— seme were even agreeable. 
“On the whole, the longer I continued in this state, the more did the 
number of phantasms increase, and the apparitions become more frequent. 
About four weeks afterwards, I began to hear them speak: sometimes the 
phantasms spoke with one another, but for the most part they addressed 
themselves to me: those speeches were in general short, and never con- 
tainei] any thing disagreeable. Intelligent and respected friends often 
appeired to me, who endeavored to console me in my grief, which still left 
deep traces in my mind. This speaking I heard most frequently when I 
was alone; though I sometimes heard it in company, intermixed with the 
conversation of real persons; frequently in single phrases only, but some- 
times even in connected discourse. ; 
“Though at this time I enjoyed rather a good state of health, both in tedy 
and mind, and had become so very familiar with these phantasms, that at 
last they did not excite the least disagreeable emotion, but on the contrary 
afforded me frequent subjects for amusement and mirth; yet, as the disorder 
sensibly increased, and the figures appeared:to me for whole days together, 
and even during the night, if I happened to awake, I had recourse to several 
medicines, and was at last again obliged to have recourse to the application 
of leeches. 
