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and is usually "called its sensorial extre^ 

 mity, both feeling and volition by means 

 of that nerve are suspended. 



2dly. If a certain degree of pressure 

 be made upon the brain, both feeling 

 and voluntary motion cease whilst it con- 

 tinues and return when it is removed. 



3dly. As we have evidence that 

 the perceptions and intellect of animals 

 increase in proportion as the brain be- 

 comes larger and more complex, so we 

 have reason to conclude that these facul- 

 ties are connected with that part of the 

 nervous system. 



4thly. The conviction which we ge- 

 nerally though not constantly experience, 

 that feeling exists in the part which receives 

 impressions, is shewn to be deceptive by the 



