220 THE ELECTRIC RAT. 



square inches, or 1125 square feet of glass. — 

 The nerves inserted into each organ arise bv three 

 very Jarge trunks from the lateral and posterior part 

 of the brain. These, having entered the organs, 

 ramify in every direction between the columns. 

 The number and magnitude are extremely great ; 

 and it is supposed that they are subservient to the 

 formation, collection, and management of the tor- 

 pcdinal fluid*. 



The Torpedo brings forth its young in the au. 

 tumn. 



* Hunter in Phil. Tian. vol. Ixvii. p. 481. — Nicholson's Philoso- 

 phical Journal. 



