For the sake of experiment I had put the cat and kittens in
a small basket, and suspended it outside the car to a button at the
bottom, close by the valve, through which I could feed them at any
moment when necessary. I did this at some little risk, and before
closing the mouth of the chamber, by reaching under the car with one
of the poles before mentioned to which a hook had been attached.
By the time I had fully completed these arrangements and filled
the chamber as explained, it wanted only ten minutes of nine
o'clock. During the whole period of my being thus employed, I
endured the most terrible distress from difficulty of respiration, and
bitterly did I repent the negligence or rather fool-hardiness, of
which I had been guilty, of putting off to the last moment a matter of
so much importance. But having at length accomplished it, I soon began
to reap the benefit of my invention. Once again I breathed with
perfect freedom and ease- and indeed why should I not? I was also
agreeably surprised to find myself, in a great measure, relieved
from the violent pains which had hitherto tormented me.
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