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Hot air produces perspiration, which protects the skin, but boiling water scalds. HOT AIR PRODUCES PERSPIRATION WHICH PROTECTS THE SKIN BUT BOILING WATER SCALDS
d 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. "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. The Duke of Ragusa and [Illustration: ] Dr. Jung, a Frenchman and an Austrian, saw a Turk plunge into a bath at 170°." "But that is not so astonishing as those servant girls, or our own countrymen," said Johnson. "I beg your pardon," replied Clawbonny; "there is a great difference between plunging into hot air and hot water.  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 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 THE DUKE OF RUGUSA AND DOCTOR YOUNG A FRENCHMAN IN AN AUSTRIAN SAW A TURK PLUNGE INTO A BATH AT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DEGREES BUT THAT IS NOT SO ASTONISHING AS THOSE SERVANT GIRLS OR OUR OWN COUNTRYMEN SAID JOHNSON I BEG YOUR PARDON REPLIED CLAWBONNY THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLUNGING INTO HOT AIR AND HOT WATER
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