SWAM IN HIS SLEEP.
Some of the freaks of somnambulists arc ro strange that they almost surpass belief. A tale is told of an Irishman who swam mora than two miles down a river, got ashore, and was subsequently discovered sleeping by the roadside, unconscious of the extraordinary feat he had accomplished. A young student of Wurtemburg used ti play hide-and-seek while fast a«leep. H's ftilow students knew of his propensity, and when -lie began walking threw bolsters after him, which he always eluded, jumping over bedsteads and other obstacles in his way. A girl given to sleep-talking was Tn the habit of imitating the violin with her lip«, giving the preliminary tuning apd scraping and flourishing with the utmost fidelity. It puzzled her doctor until he learned that when an infant the girl lived in a room adjoining a fiddler, who often performed upon his instrument within her hearing.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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150SWAM IN HIS SLEEP. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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