I nevertheless did not think it
expedient to attempt getting on my feet immediately; but, having tied
up my arm as well as I could, I lay still for about a quarter of an
hour. At the end of this time I arose, and found myself freer from
absolute pain of any kind than I had been during the last hour and a
quarter of my ascension. The difficulty of breathing, however, was
diminished in a very slight degree, and I found that it would soon be
positively necessary to make use of my condenser. In the meantime,
looking toward the cat, who was again snugly stowed away upon my coat,
I discovered to my infinite surprise, that she had taken the
opportunity of my indisposition to bring into light a litter of three
little kittens. This was an addition to the number of passengers on my
part altogether unexpected; but I was pleased at the occurrence. It
would afford me a chance of bringing to a kind of test the truth of a
surmise, which, more than anything else, had influenced me in
attempting this ascension.
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