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Experiment X—contd.
A box was put into the room with fleas in bags in different positions.
| POSITION. | Result. | REMARKS. |
| On the top of all was a bag with 8 fleas | 8 dead (all) | 50 fleas were put in each of 4 cages, 2 with sand at foot and 2 with bran. After the fumigation was over flea counts were made on guinea-pigs three times at intervals of several hours and none were recover- ed. All, therefore, were presumably killed. For controls, see the end of Experiment III. |
| Then came a durree, trousers, and a coat in folds. |
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| Then came No. 2 bag with 10 fleas | Immediately after the godown was opened all the fleas looked dead, but two hours later 4 were found dead and 6 alive. |
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| Then came a pair of trousers; a coat, and a durree. |
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| Then No. 3 bag with 7 fleas | 4 alive; 3 dead. | |
| Then came several layers of a chudder with No. 4 bag below it. |
9 (all) living two hours after opening the godown. |
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| Then came a blanket in 8 layers with No. 5 bag below. |
7 alive; 3 dead, two hours after opening the godown. |
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| Then several layers of a rug with No, 6 bag below. |
5 dead; 4 alive, two hours after opening the godown. |
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