The specimen is accompanied by a colored picture of the sufferer himself in two positions.

The name of the sailor was Taylor, and the accident occurred aboard a brig lying in the London docks.

One of Taylor's mates was guiding the pivot of the try-sail into the main boom, when a tackle gave way.

The pivot instantly left the man's hand, shot through the air point downward striking Taylor above the heart, passing out lower down posteriorly, and then imbedded itself in the deck.

The unfortunate subject was carried at once to the London Hospital, and notwithstanding his transfixion by so formidable an instrument, in five months Taylor had recovered sufficiently to walk, and ultimately returned to his duties as a seaman.
In the same museum, near to this spike, is the portion of a shaft of the carriage which passed through the body of a gentleman who happened to be standing near the vehicle when the horse plunged violently forward, with the result that the off shaft penetrated his body under the left arm, and came out from under the right arm, pinning the unfortunate man to the stable door.