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The New Citizen of the United States

           Withinthisshellwereshutupalargecat,andasquirrelbelongingtoJ.T.Maston,andofwhichhewasparticularlyfond.Theyweredesirous,however,ofascertaininghowthislittleanimal,leastofallotherssubjecttogiddiness,wouldendurethisexperimentalvoyage.

           Themortarwaschargedwith160poundsofpowder,andtheshellplacedinthechamber.Onbeingfired,theprojectilerosewithgreatvelocity,describedamajesticparabola,attainedaheightofaboutathousandfeet,andwithagracefulcurvedescendedinthemidstofthevesselsthatlaythereatanchor.

           Withoutamoment’slossoftimeasmallboatputoffinthedirectionofitsfall;somediversplungedintothewaterandattachedropestothehandlesoftheshell,whichwasquicklydraggedonboard.Fiveminutesdidnotelapsebetweenthemomentofenclosingtheanimalsandthatofunscrewingthecoverlidoftheirprison.

           Ardan,Barbicane,Maston,andNichollwerepresentonboardtheboat,andassistedattheoperationwithaninterestwhichmayreadilybecomprehended.Hardlyhadtheshellbeenopenedwhenthecatleapedout,slightlybruised,butfulloflife,andexhibitingnosignswhateverofhavingmadeanaerialexpedition.Notrace,however,ofthesquirrelcouldbediscovered.Thetruthatlastbecameapparentthecathadeatenitsfellow-traveler!

           J.T.Mastongrievedmuchforthelossofhispoorsquirrel,andproposedtoadditscasetothatofothermartyrstoscience.

           Afterthisexperimentallhesitation,allfeardisappeared

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