the Adventurer returning, they demanded the Knowledge of him; but as loud and noiſy as he had been at leaving them, he was now become ſober and ſilent enough, for he was never heard to ſpeak more: and tho' all the Time he lived, which was three Days, he was entreated by all who come near him, either to ſpeak, or if he could not do that, to make ſome Signs, by which they might underſtand what had happened to him, yet nothing intelligible could be got from him, only, that by the Diſtortion of his Limbs and Features, it might be gueſs'd that he died in Agonies more than is common in a natural Death.
The Mauthe Doog was, however, never ſeen after in the Caſtle, nor would any one attempt to go thro' that Paſſage, for which Reaſon it was cloſed up, and another Way made. This Accident happened about Threeſcore Years ſince, and I heard it atteſted by ſeveral, but eſpecially by an old Soldier, who aſſured me he had ſeen it oftener than he had then Hairs on his Head.
