nd aunt to ask the cause. She said, that she had dreamed
that Captain T---- had died of fever in the West Indies, and that
the intelligence had been sent in a large letter to her uncle. The
young lady's uncle and aunt both represented to her the weakness
of yielding to the impression of a dream, and she appeared to
acquiesce in the good sense of their remonstrances--when, shortly
after, the servant brought in the letter-case from the
Post-office, and when her uncle had unlocked it, and was taking
out the letters, (there were several,) Miss X---- instantly
exclaimed, pointing to one of them--'That's the letter! I saw it
in my dream!' It was the letter--a large letter, of an official
size, addressed to her uncle, and conveying precisely the event
which Miss X---- had announced.

"_Dream II._--General D----, R.M., was one morning conversing with
me on the subject of dreams, and gave me the following
relation:--'I had the command of the marines on board a frigate,
and in company with another frigate, (giving names and date,) was
proceeding to America, when, on joining the breakfast table, I
told my brother officers that I had had a very vivid and singular
dream. That I had dreamed that the day was calm, as it now was,
and bright, but with some haziness in the distance; and that
whilst we were at breakfast, as we now are, the master-at-arms
came in and announced two sail in the distance. I thought we all
immediately ran on deck--saw the two ships--made them out to be
French frigates, and immediately gave chase to them. The wind
being light, it was long before we could approach the enemy near
enough to engage them; and when, in the evening, a distant fire
was commenced, a shot from the frigate which we attacked, carried
away our foretopmast, and, consequently, we were unable to
continue the chase. Our companion, also, had kept up a distant
fire with the other French frigate, but in consequence of our
damage, shortened sail to keep company with us during the night.
On the following morning the French frigates had made their
escape--no person had been killed or wounded on board our own
ship; but in the morning we were hailed by our companion, and told
that she had lost two men. Shortly after, whilst my brother
officers were making comments on my dream--and before the
breakfast tabl