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it to be the damaged potato, by the light of 

 which, he sought a book, and could perfectly 

 distinguish the letters. His comrades expressing 

 a desire of partaking of this curiosity, he cut it 

 into seven or eight slices, each of which, in a 

 few seconds, assumed the same luminous ap- 

 pearance: it was some time after this that I 

 passed the window. Next morning I ordered 

 two slices of this luminous potato to be brought 

 to me, that I might examine them with atten- 

 tion; and this was the result. It appeared not 

 mealy, yellowish, and marbled with broad white 

 lines. The surface of each slice was spangled 

 with very minute points of a metallic appear- 

 ance. They had the smell of a sponge, and 

 preserved their luminous property till the third 

 day. The phenomenon seems to deserve the 

 attention of philosophers. Strasburgh, Jan. 

 llth, 1790." 



SINGULARITY OF NATURE FOR A SINGULAR 

 PURPOSE. 



TheBarbyrouessa, or Indian Hog, a species of 

 wild boar, found in the East Indies, has two 

 bent teeth, more than half a yard long, growing 



