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"At all events they have never tried it, so I shall stand up for my countrymen. There is one more instance I recollect, and really it is so incredible, that it would be impossible to believe it, if it were not attested by unimpeachable evidence. AT ALL EVENTS THEY HAVE NEVER TRIED IT SO I SHALL STAND UP FOR MY COUNTRYMEN THERE IS ONE MORE INSTANCE I RECOLLECT AND IT REALLY IS SO INCREDIBLE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE IT IF IT WERE NOT ATTESTED TO BY IMPEACHABLE EVIDENCE
swallowed the liquid with evident gusto. Bell tried to follow his example, but burnt his mouth severely. "You are not used to it," said the Doctor, coolly. "Can you tell us, Clawbonny," asked Altamont, "what is the highest temperature that the human body can bear." "Yes, several curious experiments have been made in that respect. I remember reading of some servant girls, in the town of Rochefoucauld, in France, who could stay ten minutes in a baker's large oven when the temperature was 300°, while potatoes and meat were cooking all round them." "What girls!" exclaimed Altamont. "Well, there is another case, where eight of our own countrymen-- Fordyce, Banks, Solander, Blagdin, Home, Nooth, Lord Seaforth, and Captain Phillips--went into one as hot as 200°, where eggs and beef were frizzling." "And they were Englishmen!" said Bell, with a touch of national pride. "Oh, the Americans could have done better than that," said Altamont. "They would have roasted," returned the Doctor, laughing. ES AND THEN WITHDREW IT AND SWALLOWED THE LIQUID WITH EVIDENT GUSTO BELL TRIED TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE BUT BURNT HIS MOUTH SEVERELY YOU ARE NOT USED TO IT SAID THE DOCTOR CRUELLY CAN YOU TELL US CLAWBONNY ASKED ALTAMONT WHAT IS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THAT THE HUMAN BODY CAN BEAR YES SEVERAL CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THAT RESPECT I REMEMBER READING OF SOME SERVANT GIRLS IN THE TOWN OF ROCHE FOUCAL IN FRANCE WHO COULD STAY TEN MINUTES IN A BAKER'S LARGE OVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS THREE HUNDRED DEGREES WHILE POTATOES AND MEAT WERE COOKING ALL ROUND THEM WHAT GIRLS EXCLAIMED ALTAMONT WELL THERE IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE EIGHT OF OUR OWN COUNTRYMEN FORDISE BANKS SOLANDER BLAGDEN HOLME NUTH LORD SEAFORTH AND CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WENT INTO ONE AS HOT AS TWO HUNDRED DEGREES WHERE EGGS AND BEEF WERE FRIZZLING AND THEY WERE ENGLISHMEN SAID BELL WITH A TOUCH OF NATIONAL PRIDE OH THE AMERICANS COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THAT SAID ALTAMONT THEY WOULD HAVE ROASTED RETURNED THE DOCTOR LAUGHING
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