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138 always hear: that is too much amphi. The animal might have become so big only through mistake—it must be in the evacuation (stool)—instead of a factory in S. there was a building for amphi—for productions—I saw in my dream in Weggen St. on an arch it was written "only by well replenished tables after supper"—I never saw such production—it requires a great building—one seemed like in a theater—there above—I think that all kinds of animals will be named—amphi expresses that the animals have probably human reason—they can make themselves understood like human beings—they are really amphibians, snakes and that kind—the hedge hog is so long (indicates with her hands a little less than a foot), and Sunday morning it came creeping to the well—yes, Mr. Zuppinger—that was through pork sausages—Mr. Zuppinger ate pork sausages. While I once affirmed in my dream 1,000 millions, a green little snake came as far as my mouth—it had the finest, loveliest sense, just as if it had human reason, and wished to tell me something—just as if it wished to kiss me (at the phrase "a green little snake" patient manifested vivid symptoms of affect, such as blushing and timid laughing).

From the peculiar content of this material we ought to understand without anything further what the meaning of amphi is. Amphi is manifestly an animal of oblong form, it creeps, it is associated with amphibians, snakes, hedge hogs, probably also with "pork sausages." Moreover amphi is also associated with "men" ("whether the men purposely wished to bring to the world such an animal"), and especially by pork sausages with "Mr. Zuppinger," about whom I was unable to obtain any more information from patient. The comparison of two passages will be of special value for the explanations.