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<c fame part j and thefe with little, if any dirninu- 
“ tion in their force: indeed they were all very 
“ minute. Each effort in the animal to give the 
“ fhock is conveniently accompanied with a de- 
“ preffion of his eyes, by which even his attempts 
tc to give it to non-conduCtors can be obferved. 
tc The animal, with refpecl to the reft of his body, 
“ is in a great degree motionlefs, but not wholly fo. 
<c You will pleafe to acquaint Dr. Bancroft, of our 
“ having thus verified his fufpicion concerning the 
“ Torpedo and make any other communication 
ec of this matter you may judge proper. Here I 
“ fhall be glad to excite, as far as I am able, both 
“ electricians and naturalifts, to pufh their inquiries 
<c concerning this extraordinary animal, whilft the 
“ fu miner affords them the opportunity.” 
Extracts of a Letter from Mr. Walsh to Dr, 
Franklin, dated Paris, 27th Auguft, 1772. 
* <c I fpent a complete week in my ex- 
“ periments at the Ifle of Re, and had there every 
i: convenience for profecuting them to their extent, 
“ except that I was retrained by the jealoufy of 
“ the government from making them where the 
tc animal was caught. At my return to la Ro- 
fC chelle, I communicated to the members of the 
iC Academy of that place, and to many of the prin- 
“ cipal inhabitants, all that I had obferved con- 
cc cerning the Torpedo, in the intention of flirring 
* Bancroft’s Natural Hiftory of Guiana, p. 194. 
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