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of fupporting hunger for a long time. 
Among# ten, the fubjedts of experiment, 
there was not one that reached the fixth 
day. In none of them did I meet with 
the phenomena I was in fearch of. 
Experiment CXIL 
I prepared the wings before the animal 
was dead, but this precaution did not en- 
fure fuccefs. 
Experiment CXIIL 
Three pigeons, of the wings of which 
I had coated the nerves in the la# moment 
of life, on being touched by the exciter, 
appeared to be enlivened, and gain a degree 
of vigour j but after fome fhocks of the 
wings, they fell again into debility and 
agony. 
The fhocks when the vital principle is 
nearly extinguifhed are' very feeble, and 
ceafe altogether two or three minutes be¬ 
fore 
