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Antipathios and AverBions.

Shakespeare, in his "Merchant of
Venice" has a well known passage
concerning the unaccOuntable anti
pathies of some men, and an interesting
book might be written on the subject.
Not unfrequently these antipathies are
stronger, and apparently, most ridicu-
lOus in people whom one might suppose
to be loftily superior to anything of the
sort.
Scaliger turned pale at the sight of
watercress; neither he nor Peter, of
Albano, could ever drink milk; Cordan
was disgusted at the sight of an egg:
a French lady "never could abide, the
sight of boiled Holsters, and Ambrose
Pare records the case Of Il man who
was similarly affected by the view of
cooked eels. ...
| Vaughclm famous ;, IIanOyerian
sportsman, slew wild boars hnumerable,
but ran away from roast pig, or fain-
ted If he had not time to beat. a re-
treat.
Marshal ID Albert was so terrified at
the view of the pigs head that if any
one had fought duel with the marshal
with a pigs head in his left hand he
would have had as much advantage as
it he had OH a suit of armor. So says
Busy.
The smell of fish threw Erasmus into
Il fever. King Vladislas, OF Poland,
ran away from an apple.
Zimmerman records the case Of Il
lady who shuddered on touching the
velvety skin of a peach, silk and satin
being equally obnoxious to her,
DR., Beattie tells of strong man
whom the touch Of velvet would dis
turb. Lord .Barrymare could endure
anything but q pansy; the Princess of
Lamballe anything but Il violet.
Grety, the composer, and Ann of
Austria abhorred the smell of roses.
We read Of monk who tainted on
seeing a rose, and never quilted his
cell during the season OF their flower
ing.
Ia orite, the italian poet, had SIM
liar version, and SO had Vincent, the
painter. Scaliger tells of relative
whom the sight of a lily threw into
commissions.
Henry III tainted on seeing cat,
though he was passionately fond of lit
tie dogs. The Duke of Schomberg had
the same mortal antipathy, and the case
Is recorded of gentleman who could
not even bear to walk under signboard
| oSdihS lllC VI lOOI puSS.
The Duke Of Epernon was unaffected
by the sight of an old hare, but the
sight of a young one sickened him.
The marshal of BreZe tainted at the
sight of a rabbit; in this case the antip-
athy could be traced back to his having
shot, while firing at a rabbit, Il SER
want.
a hare or fox terrified Tyco Brahe
nearly out of his wits. William Math-
ews hada mortal dread of spiders, and
when the Duke of Athole, thinking the
antipathy feigned, approached him
with his hand shut, Mathews drew his
sword, and it was with great difficulty
he was prevented killing himself or the
duke.
| Mariana, the author of the "Turkish
Spy" tells us that he would have pre-
terred encOuntering lion rather than
Il spider. hather records the case of a
young woman who could see person
trim his nails with pair of scissors,
bnt if knife were employed she fain-
ted.
| Bealtic tells of a man who had hOr-
ror OF seeing a person handle Il cork.
lie Mothe de Mayer could not lear the
sound of any musical instl dment,
though he delighted in the roar of
thunder. .
! Augustus had mortal fear of thun-
der and lightning, and though he al
| ways carried Il SealSkin as Il taliSman
against them, would hide, if possible,
i'll vault. His terror had been inspired
when, during a night march, the light
ming struck his litter and killed a
slave by his side.
a lunar eclipse was too much for the
nerves of Bacon. Bayle, the philoso-
pher, never could overcome his antip-
athy to the sound of water splashing.
The Emperor Heraclius at the age of
fifty nine conceived such an aversion TO
the sight of water that It was found
necessary to build a bridge of boats
across the Bosphorus and screen it
closely with boughs in order that he
might enter Constantinople.
The cases are mentioned of one Mic
ano, who tainted whenever he heard Il
flute played; and a woman in Namur
who fell into a SWoon Oh. hearing Il bell
rung. A resident of Alcantara was
thrown oIconyulsions at the sound Of
the word wool, though he wore gar
ments Of that material.
Pennants, the traveller, had Il great
aversion to wigs, and on one memo
rable occasion, after exhaustng him
SELF III nlatd,cliols upon the mayor OF
Chester's head covering, slratched it
OF and fled through the streets with it.
pursued by the indignant magistrate.
James l had decided aversion to the
sight of Il naked sword, and Louis xiv
aDhorrcd the sight OF gray hat.