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lively, he could not pass the rivulet. On the 

 morning after, ere death had terminated his life, 

 it was told me, that he mistook for spectres, a 

 group of poplar trees agitated by the breeze, near 

 to the windows of his bed-room. 



Both in the " Wanderings'' and in the " Essays," 

 I have spoken of the Indian wourali poison, as 

 a supposed cure, (I say supposed, because it 

 has never yet had a trial,) for hydrophobia. But 

 as the subject is one of vast importance : perhaps 

 I shall not do amiss, if I add here, a few plain 

 instructions. 



Supposing a person has been bitten by a mad 

 dog. That person, may, or may not go mad. 

 But, should symptoms of disease break out, and 

 a competent practitioner in medicine pronounce 

 it to be undeniable hydrophobia, and the family 

 wish to have the wourali tried, I beg attention 

 to the following remarks. 



Do not, I pray you, let any medicines be admin- 

 istered. The paroxysms will generally occur at 

 intervals, during two or even three days, before the 

 fatal catastrophe takes place. Lose no time in 

 telegraphing for Doctor Sibson, No. 40, Lower 

 Brook Street, London; and for Charles Waterton, 

 Walton Hall, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. We will 

 promptly attend. 



