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Aii Explanation of the Engraving of the 
Torpedo. 
Tab. XX. 
Fig. L The upper furface of the eledric organ. 
a a. The common fkin of the animal. 
b. The infpiratory opening. 
c. The eye. 
d. The part in which the gills are inclofed. 
e ee. The fkin diffeded off from the eledric organ, 
and turned outwards; the honeycomb appearance 
on it’s internal furface correfponding with the 
upper furface of the organ. 
F. The part of the fkin which covered the gills, 
with fome ramifications of an excretory dud upon 
it. 
ggg. The upper furface of the eledric organ, formed 
by the upper extremities of the perpendicular co- 
lumns. 
Fig. II. The right eledric organ divided horizon- 
tally into nearly two equal parts at the place 
where the nerves enter ; the upper half being 
turned outwards. 
A a. bb. cc. dd. The correfponding parts of the 
trunks of the nerves, as they emerge from the 
gills, and ramify in the eledric organ. 
aa. The firft or anterior trunk arifing juft before 
the gills. 
bb. The fecond or middle trunk arifing behind the 
firft gill. 
E. The 
