SULPHUROUS ACID AND SULPHITES. 873 



No. 8 shows very few of these bodies during the fore period and the 

 after period; they are fairly numerous during the first part of the 

 preservative period, and there are a few during the latter part. 



In the case of No. 9 a very few are recorded during the fore period 

 and the first part of the after period, and at the other observations 

 a few are found. 



No. 10 shows a very few in the fore period and the second part of 

 the preservative period. At the other observations a few of these 

 bodies are observed. 



In the case of No. 11 a very few are found in the fore period, a few 

 in the first and latter part of the preservative period and the latter 

 part of the after period. In the second part of the preservative period 

 they are numerous, and are fairly numerous in the first part of the 

 after period. 



No. 12 shows a few of these bodies in all the periods with the excep- 

 tion of the latter part of the preservative period and the first part of 

 the after period, when a very few are found. 



The figures for the relative occurrence of these bodies are 145.5, 200, 

 and 209.1 for the three periods respectively, which shows a consider- 

 able increase of these bodies during the preservative period, which 

 increase is maintained in the after period. 



MUCOUS STRANDS. 



Mucous strands were observed in all cases and in all periods. They 

 occur most abundantly in the cases of No. 1 and No. 6, being fairly 

 numerous in the fore period of No. 1, numerous in the preservative, 

 and extremely numerous in the after period. 



In the case of No. 2 there were very few in the fore period and the 

 preservative period and a few in the after period. 



No. 3 shows a very few casts in the fore period and the first part of 

 the preservative period, a few at the second and third observations of 

 the preservative period, a few in the first part of the after period, and 

 a very few in the second part of the after period. 



No. 4 shows a few casts in the fore period, in the second part of the 

 preservative period and in the first part of the after period, and a very 

 few at the other observations. 



No. 5 shows very few casts at the first and second observations of 

 the preservative period, a s few in the last part of the preservative 

 period and in the after period. 



In the case of No. 6, the mucous strands occur in the greatest 

 abundance, being numerous in the fore period and in the first and 

 second parts of the preservative period and last part of the after 

 period, and extremely numerous in the last part of the preservative 

 period and the first of the after period. . . 



