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The average quantity of moist food consumed daily by No. 8 during 

 the fore period is 3,338 grams, corresponding to 531 grams of dry 

 material, equivalent to 5.45 and 0.87 per cent, respectively, of the 

 weight of the body. During the preservative period the average daily 

 quantity of moist food consumed by No. 8 is 3,408 grams, correspond- 

 ing to 575 grams of dry material, equivalent to 5.62 and 0.95 per cent, 

 respectively, of the weight of the body. During the after period the 

 quantity of moist food consumed daily by No. 8 is 2,966 grams, corre- 

 sponding to 587 grams of dry material, equivalent to 4.96 and 0.98 per 

 cent, respectively, of the weight of the 1 body. The average weight of 

 No. 8 during the fore period is 61.20, during the preservative period 

 60.62, and during the after period 59.84 kilograms. The data here 

 show also a progressive decrease in weight which was continued 

 through the after period, although both in the preservative period and 

 in the after period the quantity of dry material consumed is greater 

 than in the fore period. This continued depressing action of the 

 preservative on the metabolic processes as a whole, shown in decreased 

 weight, is quite as marked in the case of No. 8, if not more so, as in 

 that of No. 7, for although the actual decrease in weight is slightly 

 less, the amount of dry food taken by No. 8 was appreciably greater, 

 namely, for No. 8 an average daily increase of 56 grams, as compared 

 with an increase of only 7 grams for No. 7. 



The average quantity of moist food consumed daily by No. 9 is 

 2,833 grams, corresponding to 634 grams of dry material, equivalent 

 to 4.55 and 1.02 per cent, respectively, of the weight of the body. 

 During the preservative period the average quantity of moist food 

 consumed daily by No. 9 is 2,867 grams, corresponding to 624 grams 

 of dry material, equivalent to 4.61 and 1 per cent, respectively, of the 

 weight of the body. The average daily quantity of moist food con- 

 sumed by No. 9 during the after period is 2,579 grams, corresponding 

 to 623 grams of dry material, equivalent to 4.15 and 1 per cent, 

 respectively, of the weight of the body. The average weight of No. 9 

 during the fore period is 62.25, during the preservative period 62.22, 

 and during the after period 62.11 kilograms. These data show no 

 marked change in the weight of the body during the entire progress 

 of the observation, though the tendency is toward a decrease. 



The average daily quantity of moist food consumed by No. 10 is 

 2,710 grams, corresponding to 660 grams of dry material, equivalent 

 to 4.76 and 1.16 per cent, respectively, of the weight of the body. 

 No. 10 consumed daily during the preservative period 3,029 grams of 

 moist food, corresponding to 676 grams of dry material, equivalent to 

 5.28 and 1.18 per cent, respectively, of the weight of the body. Dur- 

 ing the after period No. 10 was ill during the second subperiod and the 

 data for the first subperiod are therefore taken as the average for the 

 whole after period. These data show that No. 10 in the after period 



