Clafs IV. GRA M PR Ar 67 
Wie eorhe: CR. Ay MUR. OR vA 
Nagun. Arif. Hift. an. lib. v. Torpedo. Cramp Fifh. Wil. 
c. 5. 1x. ¢. 37. Oppian Ha- Leth. 81. Rati fyn. pifc. 28. 
fieut. 1. 104. 11. 56. ili. 149. Smith's Hif?. Waterford, 271. 
Torpedo. Plinii ib. ix. c. 42. Raia Torpedo. Lin. ff). 395. 
La Tremblé ou Torpille. Be- Raiatota levis. <Arted. fynon. 
\ ilo. 78,) 81. 102. Gronov. Zooph. No. 
Torpedo. Rondel. Gefner pifc. 153+ tab. Q. 
HE farcotic 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 affect him if he touches it witha 
ftick. Oppian goes fo far as to fay, that it will be- 
numb the aftonifhed fifherman, even thro’ the whole 
length of line and rod. 
Nal wiv xs NAPKE c@éregoy vooy 2x arorcinety 
Tanya aivin gaa a. Tirasvousn do oduynow 
Oppain Acuyovers meooruTes). Ana Of xaiTng 
Inrreing dovaxos te Biedeceey @ éo DaainGp 
Ackiregny tounwe degovumioy iy buG ary. 
Tloaaans dex mahdjns eckhou E> TECEV, once TE Snens 
ToiG yxe ugusarAAG eviCe) GUT ING 06. 
The hook’d Torpedo ne’er forgets its art, 
But foon as ftrack begins to play its part, 
And to the line applies its magic fides, 
Without delay the fubtile power glides 
Along the pliant rod, and flender hairs, 
Then to the fifher’s hand as {wift repairs : 
Amaz’d he ftands; his arm’s of fenfe bereft, 
Down drops the idle rod ; his prey is left ; 
Not lefs benumb’d, than if he had felt the whole 
Of froft’s fevereft rage beneath the ar@i¢ pole, 
