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a coated nerve and the legs, when im- 
merfed in water, without having recourfe 
to a metallic conductor, but performing 
one’s felf the office of a conductor ? 
And why in thefe animals have we thefe 
phenomena produced conftantly at the firft 
moment by means only of a metallic con¬ 
ductor, without the nerves or the mufcles 
being furnifhed with a coating ? 
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