Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-11
ouRosITIEs on DREAMING.

Dreams sometimes consist Of trains Of images
brought up by association with bodily sensations.
Examples OF this kind are very numerous. The
father Of the late DR.. James Gregory relates Of
himself that having on one occasion gone TO bed
with vessel Of hot-wAter ut his feet, he dreamt
of walking up the crater Of Mount Ena, aud of
feeling the ground warm under his steps
He had, at an early period Of his life
visited Mount Yesuvius, and actually felt
strong sensation of warmth in his feet when
walking up the sides OF the crateri but it
was remarkable that the dream was not OF
Vesuvius, but of Etna, of which he knew moth
ing save what he had recently learned from read
ing Bourbon's description. This circumstance,
Dr.. Abercrombie thinks, was owing to the lat
ter impression having been the morerecent. On
another occasion the same gentleman dreamt OF
spending winter at Hudson's Bay, and Of suf-
fering much distress from the intense frost.
This dream he attributes to his having thrown
of the bed. clothes in his sleep, coupled with the
fact that u few days before he had been reading
q very particular account of the state Of the
colonies in that county during winter Again,
when suffering from toothache, he dreamt Of
undergoing the operation of oftOOthdrawniDg, with
the additional circumstance, that the operator
drew sound tooth, leaving the aching one in
it's place.
There have been some cases in which, as re-
CARDS particular individuals, dreams have been
produced by whispering into their ears while
they we're asleep. One Of the most curious, as
well ss authentic examples of this kind, have
been mentioned by several writer's, and is thus
referred to by Dr.. Abercrombie ;-"The par
tculars, says he, "were related to DIR, Greg
ory, by gentleman who witnessed them. The
subject of experiment was an officer in the ex-
pediton to Louisburg, in 1853, who had this
peculIarity in so remarkable degree, that hit
companions in the transport were in the constant
habit Of amusing themselves at his expense
They could produce in him any kind Of q dream
by whispering into his ear especially il thil
was done by a friend with whose voice he wai
familiar At one time they conducted hin
through tho whole progress Of quarrel, whicl
ended in duel; and when the parties were
supposed to be met, pistol was put in his hand
which he fired, and was awakenedby the report
On another occasion they found him asleep OF
the top Of locker or bunker in the cabin whei
, they made him believe he had fallen overheard
, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming
He Immediately initiated all the motions OF
/ swimmer. Then they told him that shark wa
pursuing him, and entreatcd him 10 dive for hi
/ life. He instantly did so, with such force as L
throw himself entirely from the locker upon th
r cabin. floor, by which he was much bruised, an
r Of course awakened. After the landing of th
+ army at Louisburg, his friends found him on
o day asleep in his hut and evidently much an
h noyed by the cannonading. They then made hir
= believe that he was engaged, when be eSpresse
i great fear, and showed an evident disposition
r run away. Against this they demonstrated, bu
at the same time increased his fears by miiat
e ing the groans Of the wounded and the dying
5 and when he asked las he often did, who wa
I down, they Damed his particular friends. a
= last they told him that the man next himself
the line had fallen, when he instantly sprun
y from his bed, rushed out Of the tent, and wa
y reused from his danger md his dream togetht
l. by falling over the tentropes. remarkab
= circumstance in this case was, that after thes
o experiments he had no distinct recollection
X his dreams, but only confused feeling Of ol
10 preston or fatigue, and used to tell his FRIEND
a that be was sure they had been playing sou
5, trick upon him A case entirely similar is n
: lated in Smellis's Natural History the subject
ie which was medical student az the University
L. Edinburgh Msgazi'le