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Na'fxjj. Afifi. Hiji. an. lib. Torpedo. Cramp FIfli. PFiL 36. Elec- 



V. f. 5. IX r. 37. Op- Icth. 81. Raiifyn. pifc. 28. tric. 



plan Halieut, I. 104, II. Smithes Hifi, Waterford, 271. 



56. III. 149. Raia Torpedo. Lin. Jyji. 



Torpedo. Tlinii lib. IX. c. 395. 



42. Raia tota Isvis. Arted. Jyncn, 



lia Tremble ou Torpille. 102. Grononj. Zooph. No, 



Belon 78, 81. 153. tab. 9. 



Toi;pedo. Rondel. Gefner ptfc» Ph. Tr. 1773? I774» 



THE narcotic or numbing quality of this fifh 

 has been taken notice of in all ages : it is fo 

 powerful when the fifh is alive, as inftantly to de- 

 prive the perfon who touches it of the ufe of his 

 arm, and even to affed him if he touches it with a 

 flick. Oppian goes fo far as to fay, that it will be- 

 numb the aftonifhed fifherman, even through the 

 whole length of line and rod. 



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The hook'd Torpedo ne'er forgets its art. 

 But foon as flruck begins to play its part. 

 And to the line applies its magic fides. 

 Without delay the fubtile power glides 

 Along the pliant rod, and llender hairs, 



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