4 Obfervations on Antmal Eleétricity. 
when I find that it adheres, and with ftill greater force, to 
the under-fhirt. On taking it out I obferve, when I hold it 
in the right hand, that the frill of my fhirt moves up from 
my body towards it. If I remove the piece of fkin to a 
greater diftance, and draw it from the frill, the latter moves 
again towards my body. If I bring the piece of fkin nearer, 
the fhirt moves again towards it. This ofcillation of my 
fhirt between my body and the piece of fkin continues al- 
ternately, till it is gradually leffened, and at length ceafes.”’ 
XVII. About twelve years ago the following cireumftance 
was communicated to our Academy, in writing, from Ber- 
digheim :—On the 12th of February a young woman having 
put on an aired fhift, which was exceedingly narrow and fat 
very clofe to her body, heard, on laying hold of it, a crack- 
ling noife like what oftimes proceeds from the flame of a 
candle, and obferved fparks to iffue from all thofe places 
which fhe touched with her hands. Being aftonifhed at this 
phenomenon, fhe called to another girl, who flept in the 
next apartment, to come to her affiftance, as her fhift, which 
fhe in the mean time pulled off, was on fire. They both 
now fhook the fhift in order to extinguifh the fparks; but 
the more they moved it, the effects were ftronger: on ex- 
amining the fhift, however, no traces of fire could be difco- 
vered. The firfl maid then put on another fhift, which fhe 
took from her box; but as foon as fhe touched it, the fame 
crackling noife and appearance of {parks took place. She 
then put on her dirty fmock, which fhe had before pulled off, 
and returned to'bed,. on which the phenomenon difappeared. 
Some perfons to whom the circumftance was afterwards re- 
lated, were defirous to know whether the fame phenomena 
would again appear if the maid put on another clean fhift. 
She did fo the following night; and as often as the {mock 
was touched by her or any other perfon, a crackling noife 
was heard, and fparks were emitted every time the finger 
was brought near it. The {peftators now defired her to put 
on anaes clean fmock, which belonged to another maid: 
on approaching the hand a like naile was heard, and the 
appearance of fire was obferved; but no {parks iffued from 
her body, even though touched, when fhe had the fhift on. . 
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