XXXIX. An account of the Gymnotus Electricus.

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To Mr. Walsh, the first discoverer of animal electricity, the learned will be indebted for whatever the following pages may contain, either curious, or useful. The specimen of the animal which they describe was procured by that Gentleman, and at his request this dissection was performed, and this account of it is communicated. This fish, on the first view, appears very much like an eel, from which resemblance it has most probably got its name; but it has none of the specific properties of that fish. This animal may be considered, both anatomically and physiologically, as divided into two parts; viz. the common animal part; and a part which is superadded, viz. the peculiar organ. I shall at present consider it only with respect to the last; as the first explains nothing relating to the other, nor any thing relating to the animal œconomy of fish in general.

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