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not hold him sny longer, they hid all the Arms for Fear of fome 

 Accident. Some thought it proper to prepare a Draught for 

 him, made of Certain Herbs of great Virtue ; but, when they 

 leaft expelled it, the pretended Madman jump'd into the River. 



He was taken out immediately, and he complained of Cold ; 

 yet he would not come near a good Fire that was prefently made : 

 He fat down at the Foot of a Tree ; and as he feemed more 

 calm, they brought him the Drink they had prepared for him. 



Ton muft gi^e it to this Child^^^ (faid he) and what he called a 

 Child, was the Skin of a Bear ftuffed with Straw : He was 

 obeyed, and they poured all the Drink into the Jaws of this Fi- 

 gure : Then they afk'd him, what it was that troubled him ? 



/ ha've dreamt (replied he) that a Huart (a Kind of Cor* 

 ** morant) is got into my Stcfnach,^^ Then they all fella laugh- 

 ing : But fomething was to be done to cure his Imagination ; 

 and the Method they took for it, was as follows : 



They all began to counterfeit themfelves mad, and to cry out 

 as loud as they could, that they had alfo an Animal in their 

 Stomachs; but they did not chufe to jump into the River ta 

 drive them out, as it was very cold ; they had rather fweat 

 themfelves. The whimfical Perfon liked this Advice very welL 

 They prefently made a Stove, and they entered into it, crying 

 out as loud as they could bawl : Then they all began to coun- 

 terfeit the Cry of the Animal, which they pretended was in their 

 Stomachs ; one a Goofe, another a Duck, another a Buftard, 

 another a Frog : The Dreamer alfo counterfeited his Huart. But 

 the Joke was, that all the reft beat Time, by ftriking upon him 

 with all their Strength, with Defign to tire him and make him 

 fleep. For any but a Savage, there was Beating enough to hinder 

 him from clofmg his Eyes for many Days ; neverthelefs, they ob- 

 tained what they defired. The Patient flept a long Time, and. 

 when he awoke he was cured ; feeling no EfFe6t§ 0f the Sweat- 

 ing, which was enough to have weakened him^^fèatly, nor of 

 the Blows with which he was bruifed all over ; having loft even 

 the Remembrance of a Dream, for which he had paid fo dear. 

 But it is not the Perfon alone, who has had a Dream, that 

 ^ , muft fatisfy the Obligations that he imagines» 



^ Hojw^ they are impofed on him by it ; but it would alfo 



attsjiea about ^ a ^ ^^.^^ _ p^^.^^^^ ^^^^^ addreffes 



Dreanuy^hen zt is ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ j^.^ Thing he de-^ 



ioonardto accom- fired in dreaming. And you muft perceive, 

 fljjh Its Injiruc- Madam, that this may have difagreeable ,Con- 

 ^^^^•^V fequences. But as the Savages are not Self- 



interefted, they abufe this Principle much lefs than they would 

 in other Places* If the Thing defired is of fuch a Nature that 

 î£ çaniict t^e fiiyplied by ^ private Perfon, the Public takes Care 



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