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on his arrival he was put at the hospital. Hearing them was a native then I hastened on the Sabbath [indecipherable] before Church to see him. My Brother was with me we had never been into a hospital before. The long room the double tiers of beds the appearance of so many sick persons naturally softened the feelings & partly prepared us for a sight, painful to behold - at the farthest end sat our old school fellow & play mate on the side of his bed naked with his hands resting upon his knees - over which his his trousers were carelessly thrown. His body was perfectly arid or dry - with here & there a stream of perspiration which flowed from the neck & head - his head was in a slather of profuse perspiration & with but little hair his eyes appeared ready to start from his forehead and he seemed altogether as a