Yet I would not suffer my thoughts for any length
of time to dwell upon these latter speculations, rightly judging the
real and palpable dangers of the voyage sufficient for my undivided
attention.
At five o'clock, p.m., being engaged in regenerating the
atmosphere within the chamber, I took that opportunity of observing
the cat and kittens through the valve. The cat herself appeared to
suffer again very much, and I had no hesitation in attributing her
uneasiness chiefly to a difficulty in breathing; but my experiment
with the kittens had resulted very strangely. I had expected, of
course, to see them betray a sense of pain, although in a less
degree than their mother, and this would have been sufficient to
confirm my opinion concerning the habitual endurance of atmospheric
pressure. But I was not prepared to find them, upon close examination,
evidently enjoying a high degree of health, breathing with the
greatest ease and perfect regularity, and evincing not the slightest
sign of any uneasiness whatever.
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