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XLVI. Of Torpedo 5 found 011 the Co aft of 
England. hi a Letter from John 
Walfh, Efq; F. R. S, to Thomas Pen- 
nant, j Effy F. R. S. 
Chefterfkld-ftreet, June 23, 1774. 
DEAR SIR, 
Redde,junc g ^ O the Author of the Britiffi Zoo- 
17 /v j|_ logy it will, I am perfuaded, be 
no unwelcome information, that the Torpedo, or 
Ele&ric Ray, frequents the fhores of this ifland, 
contrary to a received opinion among Naturalifts, 
who have in general confidered it as an inhabitant 
only of warmer climates. 
In confequence of inquiries I had fet on foot in 
Lome of our fouthern fiffiing ports, two Torpedos, 
taken in Torbay, one in the beginning of Auguft, 
and the other in the beginning of November, laft 
year, have been actually fent up to this metropolis. 
The firft, procured for me by the good offices of 
Mr. Amyatt, Apothecary in Berkeley Square, arrived 
during my abfence ; but it was examined, and the 
eledtrical organs were fuccefsfully injected, by Mr. 
John Hunter. The fecond, forwarded to me by 
Mr. Grant, a principal Fifhmonger in the Land- 
carriage branch, then at Brixham, came up very 
frefh and perfect, in one of his ffih-machines. This 
I weighed 
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