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he had not space for the whole, to insert a short abstract or some notice 

 of it. I received no reply. I next wrote to Mr. T. C. Archer, 

 requesting him to use his influence to procure from the Abbe some 

 acknowledgment of the receipt of the paper. This service Mr. Archer 

 very kindly and promptly performed, and on the 18th June I received 

 the following letter :— 



MoN Cher M. Hamilton, 



Deraiferement dans une petite lettre qu'il m'a ecrite Mr. Archer, me rapplait la 

 promesse que je vous avals faite d'inscrire I'interessante serie d'experiences que vous 

 avez faites sur la consen-ation des viandes fraiches. Je voulais en achever enfiu 

 la traduction aujourd'liui et j'etais en train de le faira lorsqu'a mou grand cliaTin 

 je me suis aper9U que le manuscrit, tel que je I'ai retrouve, a mon retour de 

 Londres, etait ineomplet, la seconde feuille, eontenant les pages 5, 0, 7, 8, depuis la 

 premiere experience dc la seconde serie depuis ces mots, and a fatty looking 

 substance which sank, jusqu'a ces mots de la troisifeme serie, experiments on the 

 quantity and in different gases, the meat was weighed, en manque totalement. 



Soyez assez hon, je vous prie, pour combler cette lacime par un des plus pro- 

 chains couriers, et vous pouvez etre sur que vous trouverez dans le Cosmos qui 

 suivera Tarrivee de votre lettre, ma traduction complete. Elle aura beaucoup 

 d'interet actuellement parce qu'un Monsieui- Lamy de Clermont ferrand expose 

 de tres curieux (?) produits animaux et vegetans, conserves je crois par I'acide 

 earbonique, ou I'oxide de carbon. Je serai heureux de faire reconnaitre votre 

 priorite. L'Abbe F. Moigno. 



IC Juin, 1855. 

 Samedi. 



TKANSLATION. 



My deae Mr. HAjnLiON, 



I lately received a note from Mr. Archer, reminding me of the promise which I 

 made to you to insert the interesting series of experiments which you made on the 

 preservation of fresh meat. I wished in fact to mate a translation to-day, and 

 was engaged with it, when, to my great annoyance, I discovered that the manu- 

 script, such as I found it on my return from London, was incomplete. The second 

 sheet, containing pages 5, C, 7, 8, from the first experiments of the second series, 

 from the words, and a fatty-looking substance which sank, to these words of the 

 third series, experiments on the quantity, d-c, in different gases, the meat was 

 weighed, is totally wanting. 



Be so good, I pray you, as to fill up that void by one of the earliest posts, and 

 you may be sure that you will find in tlie Cosmos which follows tlie arrival of your 

 letter my translation complete. It will have great interest at present, because a 

 M. Lamy, of Cleremont Ferrand, is exliibiting very curious (?) products, animal 

 and vegetable, preserved, I think, by carbonic acid or carbonic oxide. I shall be 

 happy to make Imown your priority. 



10 June, 1855. L'Abbe F. Moigno. 



In reply to this, I wrote to the Abbe that I would feel obliged if he 

 would insert any portion of what remained, or any notice of it in the 

 Cosmos. I received no reply, and no notice appeared. I decided 

 on giving no further trouble to the editor of Cosmos. 



