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bacteria, and brown amorphous material, the last derived presumably
from the remains of the fish. Also one or two fibres of
striated muscle, probably from the fish, were identified. Cotton
fibre also was present. The bacterial contents of this sample
were very high; an enumeration was not practicable under the
conditions, but the number of micro-organisms present, including
yeasts, amounted to many hundred thousands at least per cubic
centimetre.
Sample 2. Lemon Squash.—This bottle contained a fine
brown sediment consisting of yeast cells, mycelium, and various
bacteria, together with a small quantity of inorganic matter.
One cubic centimetre of the fluid contents contained about
9,600 yeasts and bacteria.
Sample 3. Ginger Ale.—This contained a large amount of
brown coarse flocculent matter, consisting chiefly of yeast cells,
bacilli, and cocci and a fair amount of inorganic débris. The
number of bacteria and yeasts present was about 5,200 per cubic
centimetre.
Sample 4. Kaola.—The contents included a considerable
sediment consisting of yeast cells of elongated type, numerous
clear hair-like fibres, cotton fibre, animal hair, and masses of
vegetable cuticle and bacteria.
The bacteria and yeasts numbered about 12,000 per cubic
centimetre.
Sample 5. Soda Water.—The contents were clear and
included a small quantity of very fine sediment. The drink
contained a large number of bacteria. On incubation for 48 hours
it yielded 242 large colonies of bacteria and an uncountable
number of minute colonies of another organism per cubic centimetre.