New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-09

the table, when The passengers all rose Up and ez
claimed he was mad.
This extraordinary feeling, of not beng able to
eat and drink though he wished TO do So caused
kim some uneasiness though he was willing TO at
tribute the circumstance TO the effect OF sore
,bro., and cou,fsr,ed himself under this idea
He oroceeded BIZ the coach to Holyhead, ruminat-
inc what could be the cause of this sensation,
when the coach passed small pond of water, the
surface of which being rufied by the wind, be i'm
rnedately shuddered at the sight, with kind of
horror he could not describe, hid his face with his
hnnds AID for the first time, the dreadful idea of
hydrophobia struck him.
When he arrived at Holyhead, he wished to wash
before dinner, and called for water; when it
brought TO him. and while in the act of putting it
TO his face, he screamed violently, threw the water
about the room, and was convused for some time !:
the servant left the room alarmed. He then tried
TO clean his teeth but could not get the brush into
his mouth, on account of the water remaining upsn
it. ne packet by this time was ready to sail and
ne embarked. Poor fellow! while he Yves reia-
,iag his sad tale 10 me, we were sitting together
head, which place he had sailed from the night
before; consequently this was the third day only
since his attack IL Shrewsbury.
Before he began 10 tell me, on his arrival, OF the
symptoms he had experienced on his journey, he
greeted me our first meeting, with 81 How are
ou my dear fellow? Here am at last returned,
bat | fear with hydrophobia" / affected to laugh
at it, but much shocked, and replied, it could
only be imaginary: he said 1t could not be so, fer
lie thought he should have died coming on shore
in the boat; he SO much affected at tho sight
Of the waller, that they were obliged to cover him,
il order that ne migh not 1t. He also observed,
that if he had remained on board one day longer,
i.u felt convinced that he should have died mad [
was still inciiued to think there might be great
deal of imagination in my friend, and endeavered
10 persuade him 10 believe it: although | cannot
describe the poignancy of my feelings at hearing
bin relate what he suffered intervals since he
had left Shrewsbury. In the course of cur CONVEX
sston, some dogs began to bark in the barrack-
yard he sprang up suddenly from his chair, look
irg over nay shoulder, and said in tremulous and
hurried manner" dogs" If | were to live a
thousand years, should never forget that
ment,-something struck me so forcibly that
tho poor sufferer would die, that | was afraid TO
meet bis eyes, fearing he might discern signs of
alarm in me
Soon after this little incident, he was in the act
Of pealing an orange which we had persuaded him
try to eat, he had taken nothing since he re-
.jected the porter at Shrewsbury. He had hardly
taken of the rind, and applied small piece to
hs lips, when he became greatly convulsed, spit cut
The orange, aud gave an inward scream that filled
with terror and dismay. When he recovered
himself, he burst into fit of laughter, and said
:" There! was not that like the1bark of dog?"
a physician of some emnence in Dublin, soon
after made his appearance. As soon ar he entered
the room, the poor fellew apologized to him for
having given him trouble to come, as ne thought
Ia, had symptoms of hydrophoba, but believed it
Mas only the effect of sore throat, therefore would
give him no farther trouble. He appeared to catch
at any thing which might give hopes of lfe
VIC were very anxious to learn the decision of the
physician on his leaving the room upon inquiry,
he pronounced his death to be inevitable. 1t is
unnecessary to describe the state of our minds on
receiving this melancholy news-to know that oar
III. iatcd friend, with whom we were then conversing
Ito all external appearance, in perfect health and
apparent spirits, TO be numbered with the
dead in "a few hours, was deeply-terribly distress
Ing.
The doctor added that he was in an advanced
stage of hydroPhobia, and that bleeding him CO.
piously, in order that he ght die easy, the
only thing that could now be done for him. | re-
,a4ined with him some time, cenversing about va.
rious things that appeared TO please him, and his
spirits retained all their buoyancy and cheerful
ness. On leaving him, | asked him when he in
tended to dine at ths mess: he. replied he could
rot make MS appearance at the table that day, but
be thought he should be able to do so in Il day or
two, when his throat was better. After he was
b!ed, he felt relieved, and expressed a hope that
tc might be able to drink water by the next morn
irg Some time after, in the course Of the even
il Z, he appeared at intervals rather wild and con-
fused and told officer TO get out OF his way, or
H., would bite him. Afterwards he became more
Tranquil, and sent his compliments to ene of the
married ladies of the regiment for prayer-book ;
but begged that it might not be mentioned, or he
should be laughed at.
About midnight he became very violent, 50 that
three men could scarcely hold him. he afterwards
recovered little, and fell into kind Of surnber,
which was disturbed by his springing up now and
then, and crying out, /" Do you hear the dogs n
lie also imagined, at times, that he barked like a
dog. He requested he might be left alone about
o'clock in the morniDg-his servant, only, re-
manning. in the room, when, in about ten minutes,
he looked upon the man quite calm ana collected,
and sad he regretted that his mother and sisters
we're not with him. He then prayed shorttime,
turned himself round, burying his face in the pill
low, and expired without groan-such was the
melancholy end Of one of the finest Young men in
the British service.
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