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attained this point. Perhaps they will at¬ 
tain it, and then all the myftery will bo 
revealed. They will perhaps likewife be 
able to difcover in what manner the con- 
den fation of electricity is performed. But 
in expectation of this brilliant day, ought 
we not to confine ourfelves to faCt ? 
The mufcles are the parts which appear 
to me bell adapted to efreCt this condenfa- 
tion. 
Mufcles, it is true, differ from the terrible 
apparatus of the torpedo and gymnotus as 
to their difpofition and arrangement, but 
it {trikes me as evident, that in both 
cafes, nature has had the fame plan and 
fame objeCt in view, as appears from 
what follows. 
The eleCtrical organs of the torpedo are 
two irr number, and are placed one on 
each fide of the cranium and gills, reach¬ 
ing from thence to the femicircular carti¬ 
lages of each great fin, and extending 
longi- 
