_President._--Can you hear in your sleep? _Sergeant._--Fait, can I. About a month ago, I was as sound as a mackerel, when, sure enough, I heard a man calling me by my name; and, when I opened my eyes, I saw him standing by my bedside, and he said he had been calling me for a long time. _President._--Perhaps you can see in your sleep also? _Sergeant._--By the powers, your honour, you may say that; for the other morning I catched myself at that self-same thing. _President._--How was that, sergeant? _Sergeant._--Fait! the other morning, when I was fast asleep, I felt my eyes, and found them wide awake. _President._--Probably you can _always_ hear in your sleep? _Sergeant._--Not when my eyes are shut, your honour; for then I am quite deaf. _President._--Do you ever walk in your sleep? _Sergeant._--Never, your honour, after I lay down; but I did once, when a boy. _President._--Which you perfectly recollect, of course? _Sergeant._--Yes, your honour: I shall never forget it, because I have good cause to remember it. _President._--What may that be, sergeant? _Sergeant._--Why, your honour, I was about ten years old when I walked in my sleep, and I found myself wide awake in a horse-pond that stood near my father's house. _Member._--Well, but you said at the commencement of your evidence, that you were asleep, and heard the prisoner now before the court make use of the threat towards Corporal Ragon. _Sergeant._--Fait! did I, on my oath, and that's no lie, either. _Member._--Clearly and distinctly heard the identical words? _Sergeant._--Clear as mud, your honour. _Member._--Yet you say the words were given in a whisper? _Sergeant._--Yes, your honour, but it was so loud, there were several men besides me who heard it, that were asleep at the same time, and not so near as I was, becase they slept at the other side of the barrack. _President._--You must either be a confounded oaf, or you wish to impose upon the court. Take care you do not yourself become a prisoner and be tried before this very court for perjury. I suppose you mean to say that the prisoner's talking awoke you? _Sergeant._--Fait! that's the very thing. _President._--Then you heard the expressions after you awoke? _Sergeant._--Fait! I did. _President._--They were spoken quite loud? _Sergeant._--- They were, your honour. _President._--Your evidence is most extraordinary. Prisoner, have you any questions to put to this witness? _Prisoner._--Yes, if you plase, your honour. Where was I standing when you heard me make use of the words you have been after mintioning to the court? _Sergeant._--Behind the pillar in the barrack. _Prisoner._--Did you see me at the time? _Sergeant._--Fait! did I, plain enough. _President._--What do you suppose was the distance of this pillar from you, sergeant? _Sergeant._--About twelve feet, your honour. _President._--You must have pretty good hearing, then, to hear a man whisper at that distance.