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i^iock "W' as more fevere than the former. The eel never 
attempted to fwallow any of thofe filh after the firft, 
though he killed many of them; and I always obferved, 
that v/hen he was going to kill one, he fwam direcTly up 
to it, as if he was going to bite it; that when he came 
up, he fometimes paufed before he gave the fliock, at 
other times he gave the Ihock immediately. When we 
removed any of thofe cat-fifLi, though apparently dead, 
into water in another velTel, they prefently recovered. 
Fifl.1 that are If tinned by a fmall eledfrical fliock were 
found to recover in the fame manner. 9. Touching 
tlie eel, fo as to provoke it, with one hand, and at the 
fame time holding my other hand in the water, at a 
fmall diftance, a fltock palTed through both my arms, as 
in the cafe of the Leyden experiment. i o. I put the 
end of a wet ftick into the water, and holding it with 
one hand, I touched the eel with the other; a fliock 
paired through both arms as before. ii. Taking 
another gentleman in company by the hand, he touched 
the eel, while I held one of my hands in the water ; the 
fliock paired through us both. 12. Inftead of put- 
ting my hand into the water, at a dillance from the eel, 
as in the lalt experiment, I touched its tail, fo as not 
to offend it, while my afliltant touched its head more 
roughly ; we both received a fevere fliock. 1 3 . Eight 
or ten perfons, taking hands, flood in a circular form; 
the firlf in the feries touched the eel, while the laft put 
his hand into the water, at fome. diftance from it ; they 
'all received a gentle fliock. 14, The above experi- 
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