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“ might be made npon myfelf. He began then to 
“ electrize me at 3 y Minutes after Five in the After- 
“ noon, and made an end, becaufe the Line of the 
“ Wheel tangled, at 57 Minutes after Five. Having 
“ then new-fitted the Line, he began again at five 
“ Minutes after Six, and continued rill 14 Minutes 
“ after, making again this time the Sparks to iflue con- 
“ tinually from my Forehead. This Tube was nearly 
“ of the fame Length and Size as the former. The Ex- 
“ periment being over, I then prayed him to tell with 
u what Materials the Tube had been lined 5 and fo 
“ much the rather, as he had let fall inDifcourfe with 
“ the Spanijh Gentleman, that they might havefeen 
“ me fieep ; and he anfwered me, that the Tube was 
“ lined with two Ounces and fix Drams of Flowers of 
<c Benjamin, and two Drams of Opium, Having heard 
<c him mention the Opium , I prayed him to take 
“ the Trouble of making another Experiment, his 
“ Excellency Signior Abbate Pietro Barbarigo, and 
“ myfelf alfo, having with us an Ounce and Half of 
“ Opiums and he complied with my Defire. He 
“ therefore ele&rified his Excellency, making hjm 
“ hold the Opium , that is to fay, the Quantity of 
“ half an Ounce of it, in his Hand, and the Sparks 
“ bluing from his Hand for half an Hour toge- 
“ ther, beginning at 18 Minutes, and finifhing at 48 
“ Minutes, after Six. In this fecond Experiment he 
“ made ufe of the fame Tube which he had ufed the 
“ Monday before, the zyth of the fame Month : But 
* c neither his Excellency nor I flept more than ordi- 
“ nary. Thefe are the Experiments which I made 
“ at Venice with Signor Bivati. In my Return 
home, palling thro' Tlacentia> I here fpoke with 
Dr, 
