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breast, turned his eye, did in all things exactly as he 

 was directed, and in half a minute the operation was 

 finished. I do not believe that he changed his posi- 

 tion a hair's breadth or moved a muscle. It was an 

 extraordinary instance of fortitude. The spectators 

 were all admiration, and, amid universal congratula- 

 tion, he was lifted from the table, his eye bound up, 

 and, without a word, but with the spirit of a little 

 hero, he took his father's hand and went away. 



At this time, amid a press of applicants, a gentle- 

 man came to inform us that a young lady was wait- 

 ing her turn. This gave us an excuse for clearing 

 the room, and we requested all except the medical 

 gentlemen and the immediate friends to favour us 

 with their absence. Such was the strange curiosity 

 these people had for seeing a most disagreeable spec- 

 tacle, that they were very slow in going away, and 

 some slipped into the other rooms and the yard, but 

 we ferreted them out, and got the room somewhat 

 to ourselves. 



The young lady was accompanied by her moth- 

 er. She was full of hesitation and fears, anxious to 

 be relieved, but doubting her ability to endure the 

 pain, and the moment she saw the instruments, her 

 courage entirely forsook her. Doctor Cabot dis- 

 couraged all who had any distrust of their own for- 

 titude, and, to my mingled joy and regret, she went 

 away. 



The next in order was the gentleman on whose 

 account we had postponed our departure. He was 



