DESCRIPTION OF DUFOUR'S FIRE-ESCAPE. 361 



man was immediately hoisted up, and let down with great ex- 

 pedition and safety, and then a couple of boys together. 



Some spectators were of opinion that the hutch or box was 

 too scanty and shallow, and that for security it ought to be 

 raised with a treillis of strong wire, or Iron work, lest people 

 in terror and confusion should miss of their aim and fall over 

 to the ground. This machine was easily drawn by four men 

 only. The inventor's name is Mr. Du Four. The ladder, the 

 owner told us, would reach to the third story, when more 

 elevated. 



