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laft, as the Experiment had failed here, after the 
long Continuance of a very dry Seafon. This want 
of Succefs occafioned many Perfons here, well verfed 
in thefe Matters, to conclude, that the Experiments 
in Eic&riciry had been carried further in Germany 
than in England. 
However, fometime after, I found that this Ex- 
periment, in the Manner before mentioned, had been 
made no-where upon the Continent, Wittemberg 
excepted; and our worthy Brother Mr. Jallabert at 
Geneva, in his excellent * Treatife upon Eleftricity, 
fays, That he had likewife attempted it ; but inftead 
of Beatification, he faw from the Hair of the Head 
of the Perfon ele&rifed, efpecially from the back 
Part thereof, a great Number of luminous Points. 
Thefe, he fays, were likewife obfervable upon his 
CJo2ths, which were made of a Mixture of Thread 
and Cotton, more efpecially upon their Borders. 
When the Perfon ele&rifed changed his Situation 
upon the Pitch, upon which he hood, the Place he 
left appeared luminous. What this Gentleman 
mentions befides is very near alike to what I myfelf 
experienced, and what I have juft now related. He 
fays likewife, That he believes Mr. Bofe had been 
the only Perfon, who had made the Beatification 
lucceed. 
A Perfon here however, that we fhould not even 
feem to be outdone by our Neighbours, exhibited 
to the Public the famous Experiment of Beatification , 
found out, as he fays, by a German Profeffor. Whe- 
ther he knew how this Experiment was faid to be 
done. 
* Experiences fur l’ Eledricit/. p. 50. 
