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rally fay, from their Prejudice in favour of fome of 
the Principles above hinted at, that to be Pure only 
one of the Parts, though they know not always 
which, feels and has the Senfation of Pain ; yet have 
all I have ever talked with on the Subject, as freely 
acknowledged, that th z ‘Phenomena appeared on the 
other Side. 
A Chicken , or a Tigeon , whofe Head is fuddenly 
ftruck off, fhews in both Parts, if no preconceived 
Opinion led us to think otherwife, Prong Signs of 
Pain and Suffering, and the very fame Signs, that the 
refpedive Parts of the Animal fhew of that Senfation, 
whilft it is Purely living and intire : And I have been 
told by fome, who have feen the Heads of Malefactors 
fuddenly fevered from their Bodies, that the fame 
Obfervation holds alfo in our own Species. But we 
have all feen it hold much ftronger in the more im- 
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Pafiage of Sc. Augin is fo remarkable on this Head, that I cannot help 
tranfcribing it : Me revocat quod his hang oculis Cum 
enim nuper in agro egfemus Liguria, nojlri illi Adolefcentes , qui tunc 
mecum erant gudiorum guorum gratia , animadverterunt humi jacentes 
in opaco loco reptanthn begiolam multipedem , longum dico quemdam 
' verrniculum : vulgo notus efl ; hoc tajven quod dicam nunquam in eo 
expert us eram j verfo namque fey to, quern forte habebat , units illorum ani r 
vial medium percufjit : turn ambte partes corporis ab illo vulnere in con - 
traria difeefferunt , tanta pedum celeritate , ac nihilo imbecilliore nifiiy 
quam g duo hujufeemodi animantia forent. Quo miraculo cxterriti y 
caujfaque curioji , ad nos , ubi Jimul ego <& Alypius congdebamus , ala- 
criter viventia ilia fruga detulerunt. Neque nos parum commoti , ea 
currere in tabula quaqu aver gum poterant , cernebamus j atque unum 
ip forum , ftylo tatlum , contorquebat fe ad doloris locum , nihil fentiente 
aliOy ac Juos alibi motus per agent e. Quid plural Tentavimus quatenus 
id valeret j atque verrniculum , imo jam vermiculoSy in mult as partes con- 
cidimus : it a omnes movebantur-, ut nig a nobis illud faclum egety & 
comparerent vulnera recentia , totidem illos feparatim natoSy ac gbi queu- 
quarn vixijge crederemus. Aug . Lib. dc Quantitate Animas. 
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