The Lord High Admiral preceded him into the kitchen, where Hooke and Wilkins had thrust a brass pipe down the dog's windpipe and connected it to the same trusty pair of bellows they'd used to make the dead man's head speak. 'By pumping the bellows they were able to inflate and deflate the lungs, and prevent the dog from asphyxiating,' explained Charles Comstock, after the experimenters had bowed to the Duke. 'Now it only remains to be seen how long the animal can be kept alive in this way. Mr. Waterhouse and I shall spell each other at the bellows until Mr. Hooke pronounces an end to the experiment.'