
Private Account of the Death of Sir Charles Baskerville

by James Mortimer, M.R.C.S.

The moor is very sparcely inhabited, and those who live near each
other are thrown very much together. For this reason I saw a good
deal of Sir Charles Baskerville. With the exception of Mr.
Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there
are now other men of education within many miles. Sir Charles was
a retiring man, but the chance of his illness brought back much
scientific information from South Africa, and many a charming
evening we have spent together discussing the comparative
anatomy of the Bushman and the Hottentot.
Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me
that Sir Charles's nervous system was strained to the
