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nary state, she mentioned, that she had no knowledge of any 

 thing that had happened ; that she remembered, indeed, ha- 

 ving conversed with her friends at her former-awakening, (Fri- 

 day afternoon 30th of June), but felt it a great exertion then 

 to speak to them ; that she recollected also having heard the 

 voice of Mr Cowie, Minister in Montrose, (the person who 

 spoke to her on the forenoon of Tuesday the 8th of August,) 

 but did not hear the persons who spoke to her on the after- 

 noon of the same day ; that she had never been conscious of 

 having either needed or received food, of having been lifted to 

 make evacuations, or of any other circumstance in her case. 

 She had no idea of her having been blistered ; and expressed 

 great surprise, upon discovering that her head was shaved. She 

 continued in a very feeble state for a few days, but took her 

 food nearly as usual, and improved in strength so rapidly, that 

 on the last day of August she began to work as a reaper in the 

 service of Mr Arkley of Dunninald ; and continued to per- 

 form the regular labour of the harvest for three weeks, without 

 any inconvenience, except being extremely fatigued the first 

 day. 



After the conclusion of the harvest, she went into Mr Ark- 

 ley's family, as a servant ; and on the 27th day of September, 

 was found in the morning, by her fellow-servants, in her for- 

 mer state of profound sleep, from which they were unable to 

 rouse her. She was conveyed immediately to her father's 

 house, (little more than a quarter of a mile distant,) and re- 

 mained exactly fifty hours in a gentle, but deep sleep, without 

 making any kind of evacuation, or taking any kind of nourish- 

 ment. Upon awakening, she arose apparently in perfect 

 health, took her breakfast, and resumed her work as usual at 

 Dunninald. On the 11th of October, she was again found in 



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