[6] Singular as was this occurrence, and painful as it must have
proved to the parties to the execution, it is one of the simplest consequences
of natural causes. All animal matter swells, in water, previously
to turning corrupt. A body that has become of twice its
natural size, in this manner, as a matter of course, displaces twice the
usual quantity of water; the weight of the mass remaining the same.
Most human frames floating, in their natural state, so long as the
lungs are inflated with air, it follows that one in this condition would
bring up with it, as much weight, in iron, as made the difference between
its own gravity, and that of the water it displaced. The upright
attitude of Caraccioli, was owing to the shot attached to the feet; of
which, it is also probable, one or two had become loosened.

[7] The silver ducat of Naples is worth 80 grani, or rather less than
80 cents; the golden ducat, or sequin of Italy, Holland, Turkey, &c.
is worth a trifle more than two American dollars. Raoul was offered
the former.