TRE FASCINATION OF TERROR.
130 THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR:1
San,—Your article on the "Fascination of Terror" reminds me of an anecdote told me by a friend no longer in this world. He had gone with another friend to see the Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait, then in process of construction. While doing so they had to creep along a portion of the unfinished bridge overhanging the sea. While thus creeping, the foremost of the two muttered, "John, I must let myself fall into the sea." John's reply was to squeeze his leg so tightly against the iron that he cried out with pain. The new and sharp sensation dispelled the fascination of terror, and he was thankful ever after to John, his friend and mine, for the timely though painful pressure. This anecdote confirms your remarks in the last paragraph of the article.—I am, Sir, &c., M. N.
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