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moncourfe I had obferved In Animals, not far from the ftate, n 
which it woald begin to fliine: and having cm out a piece of it, I 
caufed the reft to be hang ap again in a Cellar, and the exfcficd 
piece to be put into a fmail and txznfpsivmt Meceher^ that we 
iTjighrobferve, if a day or two, or more, aftcrthe Fifliin the 
Cellar fliould begin to ftiine^ that in the exhaufted Receiver would 
either alfo (hine, or (becaufe that feenied not likely) would, not- 
withftanding the check, which the abfence of the Air might 
|>e prefismed to give the Putrefdffm^ be found to (hine too, 
4sithcr immediately upon the admiffion of the Air^ or not long 
after it. 
But this Experiment, as I lately intimated, was only defigned 
and attempted, act compleated 5 the lemW being fo thk^ that 
upon the exhauftioaof the internal Air, the weight of the external 
broke it 5 and we could ill fpare another of chu kiad from Trials, 
we were more concerned to makes NotwithSandiag which we 
made one Trial more, which fucceded no better thaa the former, 
but mifcarried upon a quite differ iqg account, viz,, becaufe nei- 
ther the; includeJ piece of Fifh^ npr thercmaining> though it were 
of the fame fort with the Fiftiss I ufudl employed, would fliine 
at all,though kept a pretty whilebeyond the ufual time, at which 
fuch Fifties were wont to grow luminouf. 
Ifthis Experiment bad fucceeded, I had fpme others to. try its 
profecutioa of it^ which I fliall riot now trouble you with the men- 
tion of, 5at chat this P^M^r/T/f may nocbeafelefstoyouj'le take 
this occafion to give you a Couple of ^(rfwfi/<fj!»^;?f/> that: may 
relate not only to this Experiment, but alfo more generally to 
thofc, whether precedent or Tubfequenc, where Shinmg FiJhzxQ 
employed. 
■ Adzfertifement I. ., 
IN the Ex^ f lace theny I will not undertaker^ that all the Experi- 
ments jotifhall make mth rotten Fifli, jh4S have ]u(l. the fame 
ccejs with thefe I have related. For as I elsewhere. ob[crved^ (in a 
Difcoorfe writtenfurfofelj on thatfulqeif) that the ievmt: €fdivm^ 
other Exferiments is not always certain, fo I h^ve had occafion to ob^ 
ferve the like abot^t S hining of l^ifties. And^ be (ides vphat 1 Utelj took 
notice ^f at the chf ? ofths tenth Experiment, J rmmher^ that having 
'once. 
