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rific Eel probably produce fimilar ef- 

 fects to thofe of Ele&ricity, to which 

 they have a near affinity, not only in 

 the fenfations which they communicate, 

 but in the medium through which they 

 are conveyed ; for which reafon I have 

 known the Eel frequently touched by 

 paralytic patients, though I cannot fay 

 with much apparent advantage. 



Thefe Fifh are caught when young, 

 and preferved in large troughs, made 

 for that purpofe, and filled with water. 

 Their ufual food is fmall fi£h ; and 

 when thefe cannot be had, they are fed 

 on earth-worms. But the BfaMa, or 

 Cockroach, is the moft agreeable of all 

 food to the fifh : when one of thefe is 

 thrown into the trough, the fifh opens 

 its mouth, and fucks it in with great 

 avidity and apparent pleafure, fucking 

 being the ufual method by which it 



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