Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-07-21

Dreams can be procured by whispering in
the cars when person is asleep. One Of the
most curious as well as authentic examples Of
this kind has been referred 10 by several writ.
ers. find the particulars in paper BY DR..
Gregory, and they were related TO him BY
gentleman who witnessed them.
The subject Of it was an officer in the expe-
dtion to Louisburg, 1885, who had this Pc
culiaritY in SO remarkable a degree, that his
companions in the transport were in the habit
Of amusing themselves at his expense They
could produce in him any kind Of dream BY
whispering into his ear, especially if this was
done by friend with whose voice he was "a
milar.
At one time they conducted him through
the whole progress Of quarrel, which ended
in duel; and when the parties were sup
posed TO be met, pistol was put into his hand,
which he fired, and awakened at the report
On another occasion, they found him asleep on
the top Of locker, or bunker, in the cabin,
when they made him believe he had fallen
overheard, and exhorted him to save himself
BY swimming. They told him that a shark
was pursuing him and exhorted him TO dive
for his life. He instantly did so, with such
force as to throw himself entirely from the
locker upon The cabin floor, by which he was
much bruised, and awakened of course.
After the landing Of the army at Louisburg,
his friends found him asleep in his tent, much
annoyed by The cannonadng. They then made
him believe that he was engaged, when he
expressed great fear, and showed an evident
disposition TO run away. Against this they
| demonstrated, but at the same time increased
his fears by initiating the groans Of the wound
ed and dying; and when he asked, as he often
did, who were down, they named his particu-
lar friends. AT last they told him that the
man next himself in the line had fallen, when
instantly he sprang from his bed, rushed out Of
his tent and was aroused from his danger and
his dream together by falling over the tent
ropes. A remarkable circumstance in this case
was, that after these experiments, he had no
distinct recollections or fatigue F.; and he used
to tell his friend that he was sure he was play
ing some trick upon him. A case entirely
similar in its bearing is related in Smellie's
Natural History, the subject Of which was
medical student in the University of Edin-
burgh.
! "A singular fact has been observed in dreams
| which are excited BY noise, namely, that the
same sound awakens the person, and produces
the dream which appears 10 him 10 occupy
considerable time. The following example of
this has been repeated to me A gentleman
dreamed that he had enlisted as soldier,
joined his regiment, deserted, was apprehend-
ed, carried back, tried, condemned TO be shot,
and at last carried out for execution. After
the usual preparations, gun was fred he
awoke with the report, and found that noise
in the adjoining room had produced both the
dream and awakened him. The same want Of
notion Of time is observed in dreams from other
| causes.
| DR.. Gregory mentions gentleman who, az
ter sleepingAfh damp place, was for long
time liable to a feeling of suffocation whenever
he slept in lying posture, and this was al
ways accompanied by dream Of skeleton,
which grasped him violently by the throat
He could sleep in sitting posture without any
uneasy feeling and after trying various ex-
| perimenls, he at last had sentinel placed be-
side him, with orders 10 wake him whenever
| he sunk down. On one occasion he was at
tackled by the skeleton, and long struggle en-
sued before he awoke. On finding fault with
his attendant for allowing him TO lie so long in
such state Of suffering, he was assured that
he had not lain an instant, but had been awak-
ened the moment he began TO sink. The gen.
tIeman, after considerable time, recovered
from the affection.