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and had a fork, exactly like the locust limb. It looked as though 
the blood was drawn to the skin along the marked part.” The 
marks were not permament, as Prof. Brown, in his letter dated 
Aug. 7, adds, “a recent letter informs me that the impressions 
are no longer distinct.” 
discharge, instead of producing a spark or brush sometimes con- 
sists oO 
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an image or shadow of the interposed object, which 18 
often strikingly distinct and perfect. 
In the case above described the phenomena are readily accounted 
for, if we suppose the thunder-cloud to have been negative’y 
A more particular account of the subject may be found in two 
articles published in this Journal, May, 1870, page 381, and sora 
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