USEFUL MISCELLANY.

oLike the landscape to the view,
Ever charming, ever new"

strength of the Human Frame.
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One oftbe most remarkable experiments
relative TO the strength of the human frame


is. that in which heavy man is raised with


the greatest facility when he is lifted up the
instant that his own lungs and those of the
persons who raise him are inflated with air.
The heaviest person in the party lies down
upon two chairs, his legs being supported
by the one, and his back by the other.
Four persons, one at each leg and one at
each shoulder, then try to raise him, and
find his dead weight SO very great, from the
difficulty they experience in supporting
him. When he is replaced in the chair,
each of the four persons take hold of his
body as before, and the person to be lifted
gives two signals, by clapping his hands.
At the first signal, he himself and his four
lifters, begin 10 draw long full breath, and
when the inhalation is completed, or the
lungs filled, the second signal is given for
the rising Of the person from the chair To
his own surprise and that of his bearers, he
rises with the greatest facility, as if he were
no heavier than feather. Sometimes,
when one Of the bearers performs his part
i'll, by making the inhaling out of time, the
part of the body which he tries OF raise is
left behind. The experiment was perform
ed at Venice by sustaining the heaviest man
of the party on the points Of the fore fingers
of six persons. It is asserted that the ex-
pertinent will not succeed if the person to
be lifted is placed upon bsard, and the
strength of the individuals applied to the
board.-.Abridged from Sir d. Brepster's
Natural Magic.