the iroprifoned Aniraal,Chou!d breath no other Air, then that which Blka ti^ 
Receiy«r at the time when it was nipped up This done,the Moufe was watched 
from time to titncjand though by rcafon of the largenefs of the VefTel in com- 
parifon of fo fmali an Animai,h€ feemed to me rather drooping then very near 
death at the end of the fecond hoar ; yet coming to look upon him about half 
an hour aftcr,he was judged by the Spedators quite dead,notwi£hRanding our 
fhaking of the Veffd to rouze him up» This made mecaft my eyes «pon the 
Gage,whereinI could not perceive any fenfiblechangeof the Mercuries Sta=- 
tion.Bot being unwilling to give over the Moufe without trying what ifrcfii Air 
would do to recover him^ I caufed ihc fealcd part of the GUfs to 1>€ broken off/ 
and,notwithftanding that bis continuing toappear dead increafed the confidence 
of thofe that thoughe bim fo,I obtained after a while forne faint tokens of lift ^ 
though ! am not furejthat they would have continued in a Vcffel where th^ 
Air was fo clogged and infedei,if it had not been that frefh A ir was frequcnt-l 
ly blown in by a pair x)f Bellows, whofe nofe was inferred into the neck of rhc 
Glafs.This frefh. Air feemed evidently though but flowly ,t6 revive the gifpiog 
Animal^whom r would nofjoor could not conycni teke mt of the Glafg, 
till he had gained ftrength efaoogh to fhakc ufe of his LfJggs ^ after whii h with- 
out breaking of the Glaft (which I was loath to loofe,^ then no other of 
the kind) w topkhui)^^ qiiiekly able togo upanddown. Af- 
ter which feryice, and anot hadrojade witb him, which beloiigi not 
to this pl?ice,v;^ fct him^^ 
' " ' £xperlment 2r 
Suchan Exgentnent as the fornier we made with like faccefe npqnafmafl 
Bkd included >0i/hh a Caie^m a Receiver holding.about a quart of Wntr. The 
Bird ill abouthalf an hour appearel to be (ick and drooping, and the fain tnefs 
and difficulty of breathing increafedfor about two hours and an half after 
that, at which time the A nimal dyed,the G?g" being not fenfibly altered,^nlefs 
perhaps the Mercury appeared to be impelled i3p a little thougln higbi^r than k 
was when put in ^ which yet luight well enough proceed from foras acciienial 
caufc. 
'Experiment 3. 
To fatisfie fome carious perfons ; that it is not want CoUnefsi bat fome^ 
thing elfe in the included Air,that makes it deOroy the Birds that are pent up 
in it,and by the hot Exhalations that fleam from iheir bodiei may be fuppoftd 
to ovcrwarm it, we made the following Ex perimenc. 
In a GUfs- VioljCapacioas enough to hold about 3 quarts of water , we not 
aniy induded.but for greater accuracy hermetically fealed.up a fmall Bird, and 
found, that in a few minutes he bsgan to be (ick and pant ^ which Symptoms I 
fiifFered to continue and encreafe againft the mind of a learned by ftander,(who 
thought the Animal would not hold out fo long,) till they had lafted juft half an 
hour; at which time having provided a vcffel of water with ^4/ ^moW^c ;^ 
newly put into ir^to rcfrigerat it 3 (according to the way 1 clfewhere publifh- 
cd J ) and the liquor thus made exceeding cold, fomewhat to the wonder of 
thofe that feir it j the Viol with the fick Bird was immerfei in it and kept there 
in that condition for 6 minutes ; and yei it did not appear^ in the j adgment of 
