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respirators ; but he informed me that his lungs were very strong. 

 He was, however, good enough to accede to my request. Packing the 

 respirator with greater care, I entered the den with Captain Shaw. I 

 could hear him breathe long, slow inhalations ; and after the lapse of 

 seven minutes I heard him cough. In seven and a half minutes he 

 had to quit the place, thus proving that his lungs were able to endure 

 the irritation seven times as long as mine could bear it. I continued 

 in the smoke with hardly any discomfort for sixteen minutes, and cer- 

 tainly could have remained in it much longer. 



During this time I was in a condition to render very material assistance 

 to a person in danger of suffocation. 



The smoke-cap I wore was one made by Mr. Sinclair, which has a 

 mouthpiece similar to that used in the inhalation of nitrous oxide. But, 

 to show the care necessary in packing the respirator, it is only necessary 

 to remark that, with the packing furnished to me by Mr. Sinclair, it 

 was not possible for either myself or Mr. Cottrell to continue in a dense 

 smoke for more than three minutes ; and even these were minutes of 

 laborious breathing. Flannel disks are employed in these respirators, 

 but I cannot recommend them. Cotton-wool carefully moistened and 

 teased is, in my opinion, much better. 



It is always possible to associate fragments of lime with the respirator, 

 thus, if necessary, intercepting a portion of the carbonic acid. But in 

 most fires we have a more or less free circulation of air; and I venture 

 to think that not in one case in a thousand of actual fires would the com- 

 bination of smoke and carbonic acid be so noisome as it was in the 

 experiments here described. 



The Society then adjourned over the Whitsuntide Eeeess, to Thurs- 

 day, June 11. 



June 4, 1874. 



The Annual Meeting for the election of Fellows was held this day. 

 JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, C.B., President, in the Chair. 



The Statutes relating to the election of Fellows having been read, Sir 

 James Alderson and General Boileau were, with the consent of the 

 Society, nominated Scrutators to assist the Secretaries in examining the 

 Lists. 



The votes of the Fellows present having been collected, the following 

 candidates were declared duly elected into the Society : 



