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communicated, or from the Perfon ele&rized ; but 
this was precifely what was defired. 
Thefe Experiments were made on Thurfday , May 
29, between Four and Six o’Clock in the Afternoon, 
in a very hot and fercnc Day : on Sunday Evening, 
all the Perfons who had been eledtrized, being in- 
terrogated, anfwered without Hciitation, and in a 
manner abfolute in ail refpedts, that they had per- 
ceived nothing which could be attributed to thefe 
Experiments : thefe Perfons were the Marquis de 
Stria, Count Ferrero , the Marquis TD'Ormea, Mon- 
lieur deTignola, an Officer of Artillery, Pere Bec- 
cari , Pere Garo, Dr. Allion , Monfieur Verne , Dr. 
Scherra , the Abbe Porta , the two Preceptors, the 
young Woman, whom I mentioned before, and 
myfelf. 
The Night following, that is to fay, that between 
Sunday and Monday , I was troubled with an In- 
digeftion, and felt Pains of the Colic ; but I at- 
tributed them much lefs to the being ele&rized the 
preceding Thurfday , than to feme Roots I had eaten 
the Day before at Dinner, and to a very large Glafs 
of iced Lemonade, which 1 had drank fome time 
after, and contrary to my ufual Cuflom. Ncver- 
thdefs, as fome Perfons were defu ous of faying, that 
the electrizing had purged me, and that I had 
not the Candour to fpeak of it, I thought it my 
Duty to add here for my juftiheation, that during 
my whole Life I have had a weak Stomach; that I 
could never take Ice, nor Liquors very cold, with- 
out a good deal of Circumfpc&ion, and always at 
the Hazard of being incommoded therefrom ; and 
that thefe Roots, which are called Ravanelle in 
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