160 LEAVES FROM MY NOTE-BOOK. 



affect her almost immediately. She got very weak and languid. 

 We placed her again in the cold storage-house, when she imme- 

 diately revived, and seemed to be filled with new life and energy. 



While the feelers of the cats in the cold storage-rooms are of 

 the usual length, the fur is very thick, and the cats are larger, 

 stronger, and healthier than the cats in any of the other ware- 

 houses. They have been transferred from room to room, the 

 temperature, as above stated, varying from 15 to 40 degrees. The 

 building is lighted by electric lamps, but most of the time there is 

 no light. Until last Saturday the cats had never seen natural 

 light. Saturday afternoon we had two of them carried to the 

 shipping platform on the first floor. When the men got on the 

 elevator with them, the cats looked surprised and startled, and 

 struggled to get away, although always very playful and happy in 

 the rooms above. They were evidently so badly frightened that I 

 had them immediately taken back to the rooms. The original 

 cats are common, every day pussies. 



We paid no particular attention to their diet, giving them milk 

 once a day and meat once a week. Sometimes the workmen will 

 give them some scraps from their dinner-pails. 



Will be glad to give you any further information you may want 

 regarding the matter, and follow any suggestions you may care 

 to make. 



One of our warehouses for general storage is a six-storied 

 building with cellar, the average height of the floors being 12 ft. 

 There is no communication from one floor to the other except by 

 elevators. On each floor in the house we have one or two cats. 

 In cold weather, after the warehouse is closed and absolutely dark, 

 the cats jump from the floor above to the floors below, in that way 

 going from one floor to the other until they reach the cellar, for 

 the purpose of spending the night close to the steam elevator 

 engine. Each morning the cats are carried from the cellar floor 

 to the different floors above. Yours very truly, 



S. Bailey, Jnr., 



Sec. and Treas." 



1,^ 



Experiments continued through many years, by Dr. S. 

 lideal, show that the chemical activity of sunlight during winter 

 on the high Alps is much greater than at lower levels, and enor- 

 mously greater than in large towns at the same season. This 

 increased activity may contribute in an important manner to the 

 beneficial eftects of health of residence in such regions. 



