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6 continued his drunken love of ?, indeed exceeded ? his love of liquor. He was taken sick, delirium tremens came upon him ' & his 2 unclear words conquered it - 2 unclear words for X more [?]] than ever tantalizes the wildest Mariner - He ? sit upright in his bed, his countenance the map of despair. His eyes were alternately fitfully glancind, or fearfully rolling in their ? sockets, as if in pursuit of some changing objects - Startled at the entrance of any one into his room at times incapable of recognizing the person - he would fear & shriek of that his attendants wants to cut or Murder him. I even would hear from 2 unclear words 'Fiends' he would exclaim 'skulking ? & ? his hand for defense. 'Snakes' see them crawl - see how they are at my throat - they want to drink my blood - Keep them off'. The expression of his features, his entire ?, his Motions were all those of one upon whom ten thousand reptiles were trailing their scaly bodies - In one of his paroxysms he beat himself dreadfully - bit his tongue in two & suffered much - but through the unremitting attention of his Medical Men & the family who has hospitably ? him into their house - he recovered -

    He took again to drinking soon afterwards & it was with difficulty he was persuaded to leave Galveston - the

written in left margin X Ship got a full cargo of cotton & arrived safely in Liverpool