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imilar way

ONEE

before at Pekin and

that he had been attacked by sunstroke while there. The first few days he

Avad

always stripping himself

naked and dansing about, he

ran

down the verandahs of the Hotel in

this condition to the breakfast.

where some

ladies

room

were at breakfast, if prevented leaving his room he got abusive and made his voice heard all over the premises, but he

was never violent - never used threats

of any kind to

any one

when he

found anything that he could hurt

himself with was taken

away

laughed and said "Don't.

he

and said "Don't you fear

I'm not going to hurt myself.

any

one

else, I'm not such a fool

#

that comes to He

Never

as

forgot any-

thing he had done and was

always

very

anxious to explain that it was

the thing.

done for the fun of the

Hotel he wrote.

many.

at the

letters to different

people - Sir Brooke Robertson and the

Viceroy of Canton principally. The

letters

Mere

generally full of

nonsense

with postscript written all over the - outsides of the envelopes. I have

letter from

since received a letter

hiver

by

from Simla which I enclose which it appears he has made a

I do not Know the

fair recovery

origin of his attack as I Know little or nothing of his previous