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was aftonifhed to fee them appear nearly 
as ftrong as in the ordinary experiment. 
This fuccefs led me on to new trials, of 
which, perhaps, I fhould never elfe have 
entertained an idea. 
The firftwas, to prove whether I could 
not produce the electrical appearances 
by eftablifhing a communication between 
mufcle and mufcle, as well as by that be¬ 
twixt mufcle and nerve. 
Experiment XVIII. 
With this view I wrapped the foot of a 
frog in fheet lead, and laid a piece of filver 
coin under the thigh of the fame fide. 
Upon thefe two coatings I brought the 
extremities of my conductor j at the mo¬ 
ment of contact, the ancle of the foot in 
particular, and the claws bent and Ihook 
with vivacity. I have repeated this ex¬ 
periment feveral times, and the refult has 
been uniformly the fame. 
Experi-v 
