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of sickness of chronic condition throughout. Cutting into the lung tissue air comes out, no more water than normal. I placed them in a pan of water and they floated perfectly. The pleural sack surround the lungs was normal and it had a normal amount of fluid. I examined the stomach. I could find no evidence to show death from drink or drinks, was nothing abnormal. I took the stomach out and only found a normal amount of stomach contents. I could not make out any sea water in the stomach; if there was any, it must have been very little. In considering Mr Smith's case, the question came up as to whether death might have been before the accident, or whether it had been a case of drowning. The only thing which pointed to any cause of death before the accident was the slight enlargement and the slight softening of the heart. I could find no other