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 the instrument in, and a tooth drawn; but unfortunately, the fellow had taken the wrong tooth out, being the only one left to meet another in the opposite jaw, to enable my friend to masticate his food. Bad as this was, he found it must be endured, because the tooth could not be replaced, and because a portion of the jaw-bone had been torn away with the tooth, Miserable situation! The pain redoubled its violence, and he resolved to have the tormenting fang extracted. To prevent being tossed against the ceiling, he fixed his feet in leather straps attached to thothe [sic] floor, and held firmly by the chair. In this determined state, hohe [sic] made a round O of his mouth; the operator popped in the instrument, and u-g-h!-a-h!-it slipped. He felt as if a loaded waggon had passed over his head. The Dentist apologised, saying, "It was a common occurrence; gentlemen did not mind it much, because the next attempt was always successful." This my friend was obliged to receive as a consolation, though deficient in every satisfactory particular. Down he sat; made another round O; in went the instrument. Oh!-ough!-gh! His head seemed separated from his body, but only part of the tooth with one fang was extracted. Again the dentist begged pardon; "hoped he should be excused, as every one must have a beginning, in whatever profession. He would fetch his master, who would punch out the remaining fangs in less than a quarter of an hour!" This idea was too much. The gentleman sickened at the idea, and left the shop in a worse state than when he entered, resolving never to entrust his head in the hands of a beginner again.

This was a frightful relation of accumulated horrors to me, for, as I had no expectation of relief