…struggled, but with no avail; and all the while I watched the ghastly, hideous terror in my friend’s upturned eyes and the increasing pallor in his cheeks. I saw him clutch and unclutched his fingers as he threw them wildly above his head and clawed the air; and then I beheld him sink — sink with one final, blood curdling scream for help that rang and re-rang through my brain as I awoke. The following day, I received a letter from this friend to say that he was in the greatest trouble owing to the illness of his youngest child; the doctors gave no hope of her complete recovery; they had unhesitatingly pronounced her a cripple for life. Often have I been drowning in dreams. The Thames has claimed my immaterial body times without number, and my frantic death-struggles have aroused the sympathy of scores of limb-tied spectators on Waterloo…

To dream about the number eleven is interpreted as the symbol of very high spiritual aspects the dreamer is carrying with himself/herself.

…(Changing hide into leather or curing it | Dye) Seeing a tanner in a dream is interpreted the same as seeing a cupper. (See Cupping). Both specialties cure something. If one sees a physician becoming a tanner in a dream, it denotes his expertise and the large number of people who benefit from his treatments. Unless one finds the tanning to be faulty, then it indicates a non-professional person. If seeing a tanner in a dream is understood to denote material benefits, then in reality, he represents an escape from death. If he is understood in relationship with religious matters, then seeinghim means feeding the poor and hungry during a drought or a famine. A tanner in a dream also represents a peacemaker, a physician, or a guardian. However, it is possible to interpret a tanner in a dream to mean distress, adversities, or an unjust person. (Also see…

The number eighteen is related to the adult life, where the person is entering the new phase of his/hers life.

To dream about counting the numbers, signifies dignity, honor, and satisfied ambition. To dream of number one represents company. Two means scandalous table talk. Three predicts discussion on business. Four indicates some a dispute. Five signifies trouble, loss. More than five symbolizes delusions. If the dreamer recollect the numbers he had in a dream, fortune to him. Play these numbers in the lottery.

…These paper missives are good to dream about: if you dream you receive a great number of letters, it foretells that honours await you: to receive one letter in your dream, denotes that soma one is praising you behind your back. If a girl dreams that she receives a love-letter from her beau, it shows that he adores her: a gentleman who has a similar dream of a letter from his sweetheart, may rest satisfied that he only possesses her heart. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 28, 54. 1….

Seeing a rectangle in a dream represents permanence, materialisms and stability. Because of its four sides and four corners, it is also a symbol of the number 4.

To dream you are walking in a garden, and the trees are all bare and fruitless, is a bad omen. It shows that your friends will become poor, or that you will lose their friendship. If the garden in its bloom is of a very favourable nature, it promises everything to a farmer: in short, prosperity at large. To dream you see any two different trees mix their branches bearing fruit, marriage and a number of children will follow. The children will be fair and aspiring, and will rise to riches and honour.

To dream of elephants is a favourable dream, and denotes great sagacity. If you are in love, it implies great prudence and caution. If it lifts you with its trunk, and lays you down in a place of safety, and walks round you it is a true sign of a happy union. A circle drawn round you, signifies secure happiness. As often as you fancy he touches you with his trunk, you will have so many children if you see the female follow him, you will have an equal number of boys and girls. To dream of any animals that are sagacious, bears in some degree on this dream.

Being on shipboard and to see a clear light in the distance means that a sea voyage is free from all manner of storms or dangers, and successful future is beyond expectation. See a great number of lights, denotes profit, riches.