The following anecdote illustrates very picturesquely the intimate connection between present impressions and dreams: -

'The subject of this observation was an officer in the expedition to Louisburg in 1758, in whom the faculties continued so alive to the slightest impression that his companions were in the constant habit of amusing themselves at his expense. They would produce him any kind of dream by whispering in his ear, especially if this was done by a friend with whose voice he had become familiar. One time they conducted him through